Death Penalty Research in Nebraska: How Do Judges and Juries Reach Penalty Decisions?

Authors

Richard L. Wiener, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction . . . . . 757

II. Aggravating Factors as Predictors of the Death Sentence Outcomes . . . . . 764

III. Number of Aggravating Factors, Mitigation, and Predicting Death Sentences . . . . . 768

IV. Socioeconomic Status of Victims and Sentence Outcomes . . . . . 772

V. Minorities Advancing to the Penalty Phase in Capital Cases . . . . . 773

VI. Conclusion . . . . . 776

Recommended Citation

Richard L. Wiener, Death Penalty Research in Nebraska: How Do Judges and Juries Reach Penalty Decisions?, 81 Neb. L. Rev. (2002)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol81/iss2/4