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Payne v. Tennessee

Further Readings



  • Bilionis, Louis D. "Legitimating Death." Michigan Law Review, June 1993, p. 1643.
  • Friedman, David D. "Should the Characteristics of Victims and Criminals Count?: Payne v. Tennessee and Two Views of Efficient Punishment." Boston Law Review, 1993, pp. 731-69.
  • Kreitzberg, Ellen. "Capital Cases: How Much Payne Will the Courts Allow?" The Champion, January/February 1998.
  • Luginbuhl, James, and Michael Burkhead. "Sources of Bias and Arbitrariness in the Capital Trial." Journal of Social Issues, summer 1994, p. 103.
  • Phillips, Amy K. "Thou Shalt Not Kill Any Nice People: The Problem of Victim Impact Statements in Capital Sentencing." American Criminal Law Review, fall 1997, p. 93.
  • "Sentencing Criminals: The Constitutionality of Victim Impact Statements, State v. Wise." Missouri Law Review, Vol. 60, 1995, p. 731-D34.

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