Issues
Issues
Each of the Capital Punishment in Context case narratives highlights several broader issues that can be explored further. By clicking on one of the topic headings, you will be able to investigate these issues more fully. In addition toconnecting the issue with the facts in the cases, these links also provide access to materials prepared by leading researchers and scholars.
Issues In the Gary Graham Case
- Race and the Criminal Justice System - Race of the Victim, Race of the Defendant, Race of the Jurors, Race of Decision Makers
- Representation in Capital Cases - Key Supreme Court Cases on Capital Representation, Standards for Counsel in Capital Cases
- Innocence and the Death Penalty - Eyewitness Identification, False Confessions, Informant Testimony
- Legal Remedies Available to Death Sentenced Individuals - Procedural Barriers to Relief and to Execution, Responsiveness of Judiciary to Electorate
- Public Opinion and the Death Penalty - Impact of Exonerations on Support for the Death Penalty
- Juveniles and the Death Penalty
Issues in the Juan Garza Case
