Essays Tagged: "David C. Baldus"

Minorities on death row

receive death sentences than those who murder whites (Seligman, 1994, 113). An Iowa Law Professor, David Baldus, also found that juries put a premium on the lives of victims (As cited in Lacayo, 1987 ...

(4 pages) 115 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Proving points against the death penalty, 25 sources used.

out capital punishment based on the race or sex of thedefendant or its victim. A professor of law, David C. Baldus,conducted a study of his own. The Baldus study, as we know it,indicated that there i ...

(3 pages) 99 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Capital Punishment

he costs of incarcerating her would surpass those of executing her.Racial ProfileIn 1983, Professor David C. Baldus, of the University Of Iowa College Of Law, published a study on the capital punishme ... xanne. 2001. The Modern Death Penalty: A Legal Research Guide. Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein.Von Drehle, David. 1995. Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Death Row. New York: Times Books.

(7 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty