NCJ Number
13023
Date Published
1973
Length
452 pages
Annotation
NARRATIVE, NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL EFFORTS THAT RESULTED IN A SUPREME COURT DECISION WHICH HELD THAT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, AS APPLIED, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Abstract
THIS ILLUSTRATED VOLUME PRESENTS THE STORIES OF SEVERAL FAMOUS DEATH ROW INMATES, THE EXECUTIONS, AND THE LEGAL STRUGGLE THAT RESULTED IN THE EVENTUAL RELEASE FROM DEATH ROW OF HUNDREDS OF INMATES.