A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty
by
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Marty Davidson, Colin Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
In 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty was constitutional if it complied with certain specific provisions designed to ensure that it was reserved for the 'worst of the worst.' The same court had rejected the death penalty just four years before in the Furman...