Dr. Michael Blankenship
mblanken@boisestate.edu
Episode 8
Mitigation, Sentencing Instructions, & Capital Trials
In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court approved the process now referred to as guided discretion. The purpose of this process, as the name implies, is to guide, but not control, juror decision making in capital trials. research has shown, however, that this process does not work and intended and that race, and other factors, continue to taint the sentencing process . (Length 16:20)
For more information about capital punishment, visit the Death Penalty Information Center.
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