Part II of this article examines the United States Supreme Court\u27s recognition of the importance of mitigation evidence in capital cases. Part III then focuses on the role of mitigation evidence in Washington\u27s death penalty scheme. The following section, Part IV, addresses the public policy implications when mitigation evidence is not presented. Finally, Part V proposes changes to the current sentencing procedure in Washington involving capital crimes
This article discusses the impact of Lockett in terms of the rise of mitigation specialists—the capi...
This article reviews the Blakely decision and the Washington Legislature\u27s response in S.B. 5477....
18 p.Presented at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics Symposium: The Law and Politics of the...
This Article addresses how Lockett v. Ohio and the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on mitigating facto...
The next to last step down the long road to total abolition of capital punishment consists of a peri...
The Washington Supreme Court held in State v. Dodd that a capital defendant may waive general review...
This Article advances six reasons why Washington\u27s statutory scheme for capital punishment should...
A central precept of death penalty jurisprudence is that only the death worthy should be condemned...
The trial courts must issue written opinions whenever the death penalty is imposed. This Note will a...
During the last decade, judges, politicians, scholars, and the general public have become troubled a...
This Article addresses whether the U.S. Constitution requires courts to permit capital defendants to...
This Article explores the adequacy of one of the safeguards adopted by many states to ensure that th...
This Comment follows the evolution of Washington\u27s capital punishment law through the 1981 legisl...
In Strickland v. Washington, the United States Supreme Court issued a seminal holding that single-ha...
The United States Supreme Court held in Payne v. Tennessee that the introduction of \u27victim impac...
This article discusses the impact of Lockett in terms of the rise of mitigation specialists—the capi...
This article reviews the Blakely decision and the Washington Legislature\u27s response in S.B. 5477....
18 p.Presented at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics Symposium: The Law and Politics of the...
This Article addresses how Lockett v. Ohio and the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on mitigating facto...
The next to last step down the long road to total abolition of capital punishment consists of a peri...
The Washington Supreme Court held in State v. Dodd that a capital defendant may waive general review...
This Article advances six reasons why Washington\u27s statutory scheme for capital punishment should...
A central precept of death penalty jurisprudence is that only the death worthy should be condemned...
The trial courts must issue written opinions whenever the death penalty is imposed. This Note will a...
During the last decade, judges, politicians, scholars, and the general public have become troubled a...
This Article addresses whether the U.S. Constitution requires courts to permit capital defendants to...
This Article explores the adequacy of one of the safeguards adopted by many states to ensure that th...
This Comment follows the evolution of Washington\u27s capital punishment law through the 1981 legisl...
In Strickland v. Washington, the United States Supreme Court issued a seminal holding that single-ha...
The United States Supreme Court held in Payne v. Tennessee that the introduction of \u27victim impac...
This article discusses the impact of Lockett in terms of the rise of mitigation specialists—the capi...
This article reviews the Blakely decision and the Washington Legislature\u27s response in S.B. 5477....
18 p.Presented at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics Symposium: The Law and Politics of the...