In Mitigation of the Penalty of Death: Lockett v. Ohio and the Capital Defendant's Right to Consideration of Mitigating Circumstances

Authors

Randy A. Hertz, New York University School of LawFollow
Robert Weisberg

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

California Law Review

Abstract

Examines the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Lockett versus Ohio, for the right of capital defendants to sentencer consideration of mitigating circumstances. Background of the Court's death penalty decisions; Implications of the Lockett decision for the right of the capital defendant to present mitigating circumstances of character, record and offense; Problems of applying Lockett to other state statutes.

First Page

317

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38P16S

Volume

69

Publication Date

1981

Recommended Citation

Hertz, Randy A. and Weisberg, Robert, "In Mitigation of the Penalty of Death: Lockett v. Ohio and the Capital Defendant's Right to Consideration of Mitigating Circumstances" (1981). Faculty Articles. 573.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/573