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New Scholarship From Adam Gershowitz

By Steve Hall

University of Houston Law prof Adam Gershowitz' latest work at SSRN is, "Statewide Capital Punishment: The Case for Eliminating Counties' Role in the Death Penalty."  Here's the abstract:In almost every state that authorizes capital punishment, local county prosecutors are responsible for deciding when to seek the death penalty and for handling capital trials. This approach has proven to be arbitrary and inefficient. Because death penalty cases are extremely expensive and complicated, counties with large budgets and experienced prosecutors are able to seek the death penalty often. By contrast, smaller counties with limited budgets often lack the funds and institutional knowledge to seek the death penalty in truly heinous cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).