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Structured Discretion, Racial Bias, and the Death Penalty: The First Decade after "Furman" in Texas.

Ekland-Olson, Sheldon – Social Science Quarterly, 1988
Analyzes data collected in Texas from the first decade of cases sentenced to death after the Furman v. Georgia decision in order to determine any tendency toward being race-linked or victim-based. Found that cases involving White victims more often precipitate the death penalty than those involving Black or Hispanic victims. (KO)
Descriptors: Blacks, Capital Punishment, Criminal Law, Criminals
Texas Young Lawyers Association, Austin. – 1984
A brief review of the federal constitutional provisions and equivalent Texas Constitutional provisions for the criminally accused is provided in question and answer form. First Amendment rights related to such matters as freedom of the press, rights of students, picketing, distributing leaflets, state licensing, and obscenity are considered in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law