Penry v. Lynaugh
Further Readings
- Berger, Vivian. "Execution of Mentally Disabled Killer Shames Our `Civilized' Society." The National Law Journal, June 16, 1997, p. A22.
- Brown, J. Michael. "Eighth Amendment--Capital Sentencing Instructions." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, winter-spring 1994, p. 854.
- Conley, Ronald W., Ruth Luckasson, and George N. Bouthilet, eds. The Criminal Justice System and Mental Retardation: Defendants and Victims. Baltimore, MD: P. H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1992.
- Dicks, Shirley, ed. Young Blood: Juvenile Justice and the Death Penalty. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1995.
- Haney, Craig, and Deana Dorman Logan. "Broken Promise: The Supreme Court's Response to Social Science Research on Capital Punishment." Journal of Social Issues, summer 1994, p. 75.
- Masur, Louis P. Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
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