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ABA Division for Public Education

Spring 2004
The Future of Capital Punishment: Current Policies and New Debates

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Learning Links and Readings

Mental Illness/Retardation

“Capital Cases: Why Mental Retardation is Mitigating” by George S. Baroff. The Champion (A publication of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), August 2, 1998.

“Capital Punishment on the 25th Anniversary of Furman v. Georgia: A Report by the Southern Center for Human Rights” by Stephen B. Bright. Southern Center for Human Rights, June 26, 1997.
Includes sections about mental illness and retardation.

“International Perspectives on the Death Penalty: A Costly Isolation for the U.S.” by Richard C. Dieter. Death Penalty Information Center, October 1999.
Brief section covers mentally retarded and the death penalty.

“Key Topics: Execution of Persons with Mental Retardation.” Amnesty International USA.
Provides statistical information.

“Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty.” Death Penalty Information Center.
Provides statistical information.

“Mentally Ill and Juvenile Offender Alexander Williams Facing Execution in Georgia.” ABA Juvenile Justice Center.

 

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