Book Review: The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment

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Branch v. Texas , 408 U.S. 238. (1972).

Cochran J. K. Chamlin M. B. (2006). The enduring racial divide in death penalty support. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, 85–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2005.11.007

Death Penalty Information Center. (2019). The death penalty in 2019: Year-end report. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/dpic-reports/dpic-year-end-reports/the-death-penalty-in-2019-year-end-report

Delisi M. Conis P. J. (2019). American corrections: Theory, research, policy, and practice (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Donohoe M. (2019). The death penalty: History, exonerations, and moratoria. Social Medicine, 12(2), 60–62.

Furman v. Georgia , 408 U.S. 238. (1972).

Garrett B. L. Desai A. (2018, February). Public law and legal theory research paper series 2018-10: The state of the death penalty decline. University of Virginia School of Law. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a724/3c68ea9736cbf653320fc059d2b6f40f1373.pdf

Gregg v. Georgia , 96 S. Ct. 2909. (1976).

Jackson v. Georgia , 408 U.S. 238. (1972).

Jones J. (2014, October 23). Americans’ support for death penalty stable. Gallup. http://www.gallup.com/poll/178790/americans-support-death-penalty-stable.aspx.

Jurek v. Texas , 96 S. Ct. 2950. (1976).

Kleck G. (1981). Racial discrimination in criminal sentencing: A critical evaluation of the evidence with additional evidence on the death penalty. American Sociological Review, 46, 783–805.

Longmire D. R. (2000). Race, ethnicity and the penalty of death: The American experience. Corrections Management Quarterly, 4, 36–43.

Moore R. H. Jr. Moore S. R. (1984). The United States Supreme Court and the death penalty since Furman: The settlement of basic issues. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 9(1), 1–16.

Oliphant J. B. (2018, June 11). Public support for the death penalty ticks up. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/06/11/us-support-for-death-penalty-ticks-up-2018/

Proffitt v. Florida , 96 S. Ct. 2960. (1976).

Snell T. L. (2017). Capital punishment 2014–2015. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.