Federal Capital Offenses : An Abridged Overview of Substantive and Procedural Law.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).
• Capital punishment.
• Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (12 pages, digital, PDF file)
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

• System requirements: PDF reader software.
• text file

Summary:

Provides background on development of substantive and procedural law related to capital offenses following Supreme Court ruling in >Furman v. Georgia</EMPHASIS>. Outlines procedure that must be followed before a defendant convicted of a Federal capital offense may be executed, as established under the Federal Death Penalty Act and related provisions. Lists Federal crimes punishable by death.

Notes:

• Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
• CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Federal Capital Offenses

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Restricted for use by site license.