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Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 1, 1996
Report Number 96-116
Report Type Report
Authors Dorothy Schrader, Office of Senior Specialists
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report summarizes the death penalty decisions of the Supreme Court. In the last six years, the Court has upheld a significantly greater number of capital sentences. This changes direction is only now making itself felt in appellate review of capital cases and the execution of the death penalty.