## Abstract The U.S. Supreme Court recently reβexamined the constitutionality of the death penalty in the context of two of three special offender populations of murderers (juveniles, mentally retarded, and mentally incompetent). The Court reaffirmed the imposition of the death penalty for juvenile
Mental retardation and the death penalty in the USA: the clinical and legal legacy
β Scribed by Laurence A. French
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-9664
- DOI
- 10.1002/cbm.39
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