Abstract
In 1997, the American Bar Association issued a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions in the United States. The resolution outlined four goals that capital jurisdictions should achieve before resuming the imposition of the death penalty: (1) preserve due process; (2) ensure competent legal counsel for capital defendants; (3) eliminate racial discrimination in capital sentencing; and (4) prevent the executions of juvenile offenders and the mentally retarded. This Note addresses these four goals and analyzes the potential methods of reforming the capital punishment regime.
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40 Ariz. L. Rev. 1515 (1998)
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