Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This Note discusses the United States Supreme Court decision refusing to infer abuse of prosecutorial discretion in a specific case from a statistical study showing that defendant's whose victims were white are over 4 times more likely to receive a death sentence in the State of Georgia than defendants whose victims were black. This Note concludes that detailed record-keeping by prosecutors in potential capital sentence cases is essential to curbing unevenly-imposed death sentencing.
First Page
173
Last Page
196
Publication Date
11-1-1987
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Harris, Regina M.
(1987)
"McCleskey v. Kemp: The Shadow of Racism on the Capital Sentencing Process,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 8:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Suggested Citation
Regina M. Harris, Note, McCleskey v. Kemp: The Shadow of Racism on the Capital Sentencing Process, 8 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 173 (1987).
