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September 1998
Refocusing the Death Penalty Discussion in America:
Impact of the American Bar Association Call for a
Moratorium on Executions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ABA ACTIVITY PROMOTING THE RESOLUTION
- RESPONSES OF STATE AND LOCAL BAR ORGANIZATIONS
- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
- JUDICIAL AND SCHOLARLY RESPONSES TO THE RESOLUTION
- IMPACTS BEYOND THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
- CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A: American Bar Association Resolution
- APPENDIX B: State and Local Bar Organization Resolutions
- APPENDIX C: Summary Overview of Data Relating to the Death Penalty
- APPENDIX D: State Legislative Activity (Selected)
- APPENDIX E: Statutory Provisions Regarding the Execution of Juveniles
- APPENDIX F: Statutory Provisions Regarding Execution of the Mentally Retarded
- APPENDIX G: Resources (Selected)
