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Thomas G. WalkerPublication Details
Book1st edCQ Press2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) KF224.A85 W35 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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This riveting and enlightening narrative unfolds on the night of August 16, 1996, with the brutal and senseless murder of Eric Nesbitt, a young man stationed at Langley Air Force Base, at the hands of 18-year-old Daryl Atkins. Never losing sight of the stakes in a death penalty case, he explains each step in Atkins’s legal journey from the interactions of local law enforcement, to the decision-making process of the state prosecutor, to the Supreme Court’s ruling, and beyond. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- Includes index
Contents
- The murder of Eric Michael Nesbitt
- Investigation and prosecution
- Capital punishment from Jamestown to Furman
- Capital punishment reinstated
- Retardation, the death penalty, and Johnny Paul Penry
- The trial
- Sentencing
- Approaching the Supreme Court
- Persuading the justices
- The Supreme Court decides
- On demand
- A final surprise
ISBN
- 9780872894181
- 0872894185
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