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ERIC Number: EJ387980
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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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, v69 n4 p853-73 Dec 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)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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