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title: 'Victims and the Death Penalty: Inside and Outside the Courtroom'
description: 'Symposium: Pamela Blume Leonard, Michael Mears, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey, Samuel R. Gross, Richard Burr, et al.: “Victims and the Death Penalty…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/publications-and-testimony/law-reviews/victims-and-the-death-penalty-inside-and-outside-the-courtroom'
section: publications
date: '2003-12-31T00:00:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:52:50-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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Symposium: Pamela Blume Leonard, Michael Mears, John H. Blume, Stephen P. Garvey, Samuel R. Gross, Richard Burr, et al.: **"Victims and the Death Penalty: Inside and Outside the Courtroom,"** 88 Cornell Law Review 257 (2003). This is a series of articles in the Cornell Law Review stemming from a symposium focusing on the role that victims play in capital cases. The journal provides a close legal examination of victim impact statements and related research, expert analysis of state statutes, and an analysis of what role these statements should play in capital trials.