Death Penalty Seminar

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Credits 2. 2 Lecture Hours. Study of the law of capital punishment; guiding legal principles and parameters of this form of criminal sanction; includes narrowing capital punishment to certain crimes and particular types of defendants, the role of race in the death penalty, death qualified juries, and the function of "guided discretion" in the use of the sanction. Prerequisite: One year of law school in the full-time or part-time program.