Assessing the capriciousness of death penalty charging

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 607-626

  Weiss, Robert E ^b   Lee, Cathrine Y ^b   Berk, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038873557     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054130     Document Type: Article

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