[PDF] Foreign Nationals And The Death Penalty In The United States eBook

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The Death Penalty Information Center offers information on foreign nationals and the death penalty in the United States. The center includes a list of the number of foreign nationals currently on death row and details the violation of the rights of foreign nationals, and current issues and news about foreign nationals.

Author : Wesley Kendall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442224363

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This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in particular, by foreign nations and international organizations. International pressure has mounted against America’s use of the death penalty, straining diplomatic ties. U.S. policies that endorse the execution of juveniles, the mentally handicapped, and disadvantaged foreign nationals have been recognized by allied nations and international organizations as human rights abuses and violation of international law. Further, organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International have issued scathing reports revealing racial bias and fundamental procedural flaws in almost every phase of the judicial process in capital cases. International pressures directed at governmental entities, in particular specific states such as Texas, can have a profound impact on governmental operational efficiency and public opinion and effectively render capital punishment cost-prohibitive from a public policy standpoint. The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy analyzes the institutional response to specific forms of foreign intervention and influence such as consular intervention, international litigation, and extradition negotiation. This is documented through case studies such as how a judge in Texas v. Green turned to a comparative Delaware case that relied on the Vienna Convention to remove the death penalty as possible punishment, and how Mexico pressured the White House in two separate cases. By demonstrating that foreign actors have done much to constrain the United States to abandon its policies of executing foreigners, as well as its own citizens, the book explores the foreign dimensions of the U.S. death penalty while advancing the debate surrounding the viability of this controversial policy.

Author : John Quigley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108428231

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Investigates how foreigners charged with capital murder in the United States are deprived of rights by police and courts.

Author : Brandon Garrett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0674970993

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An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy

Author : M. Atwell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 1137270373

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An American Dilemma examines the issue of capital punishment in the United States as it conflicts with the nation's obligations under the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. In a number of high profile cases, foreign nationals have been executed after being denied their rights under the Vienna Convention. The International Court of Justice has ruled against the United States, but individual states have chosen to defy international law. The Supreme Court has not resolved the question of legal remedies for such breaches.

Author : Louis J. Palmer, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0786451831

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This updated encyclopedia provides ready information on all aspects of capital punishment in America. It details virtually every capital punishment decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court through 2006, including more than 40 cases decided since publication of the first edition. Entries are also provided for each Supreme Court Justice who has ever rendered a capital punishment opinion. Entries on jurisdictions cite present-day death penalty laws and judicial structure state by state, with synopses of common and unique features. Also included are entries on significant U.S. capital prosecutions; legal principles and procedures in capital cases; organizations that support and oppose capital punishment; capital punishment's impact on persons of African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American descent, on women, and on foreign nationals; and the methods of execution. Essential facts are also provided on capital punishment in more than 200 other nations. A wealth of statistical data is found throughout.