BOOKS: ​“The Death Penalty In a Nutshell”

The lat­est edi­tion of the edu­ca­tion­al text, The Death Penalty in a Nutshell by Victor Streib, is now avail­able. Prof. Streib presents the sub­stan­tive and pro­ce­dur­al law of cap­i­tal cas­es, along with its rel­e­vant his­to­ry, jurispru­dence and con­sti­tu­tion­al appli­ca­tions. Streib also address­es inter­na­tion­al issues, the com­plex role of defense coun­sel, the risk of sys­temic bias, and the poten­tial exe­cu­tion of inno­cent defen­dants. This new edi­tion pro­vides an analy­sis of emerg­ing trends in the death penal­ty, includ­ing that few­er states have the death penal­ty on their books, few­er cap­i­tal offend­ers are being sen­tenced to death, and few­er yet are being exe­cut­ed. Victor Streib is cur­rent­ly the Ella and Ernest Fisher Professor of Law at the Ohio Northern University College of Law.

(V. Streib, ​“The Death Penalty in a Nutshell, 4^th Edition” West Law School pub­lish­ing (October 2012); DPIC post­ed Oct. 30, 2012). See Books.