Hofstra Law Review
Volume 36, Issue 3 (2008)
Front Matter
Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases
The Supplementary Guidelines Project
When Life Depends on It: Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases
Sean D. O'Brien
The ABA and the Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases
Robin M. Maher
The Importance of Mitigation to the Judicial System
A Former Alabama Appellate Judge's Perspective on the Mitigation Function in Capital Cases
William M. Bowen Jr.
The Indispensable Role of the Mitigation Specialist in a Capital Case: A View from the Federal Bench
Helen G. Berrigan
Imagining Mitigation
Evolving Standards of Decency: Advancing the Nature and Logic of Capital Mitigation
Craig Haney
Cultural Competency in Capital Mitigation
Scharlette Holdman and Christopher Seeds
The Importance of Recognizing Trauma Throughout Capital Mitigation Investigations and Presentations
Kathleen Wayland
Obtaining Mitigation
Getting It Right: Life History Investigation as the Foundation for a Reliable Mental Health Assessment
Richard G. Dudley Jr. and Pamela Blume Leonard
Mitigation Abroad: Preparing a Successful Case for Life for the Foreign National Client
Gregory J. Kuykendall, Alicia Amezcua-Rodriguez, and Mark Warren
Understanding Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach and Why It Is Essential in Defending a Capital Client
Mickell Branham and Richard Burr
Presenting Mitigation
Competent Capital Representation: The Necessity of Knowing and Heeding What Jurors Tell Us about Mitigation
John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Scott E. Sundby
Using the Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases to Change the Picture in Post-Conviction
Mark E. Olive and Russell Stetler
Ideas
The Sentencing Commission and Prosecutorial Discretion: The Role of the Courts in Policing Sentence Bargains
John Gleeson
Notes
The Public Policy Exception, "The Freedom of Speech, or of the Press", and the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act
Charles W. Mondora
End Matter
