Jurors' comprehension of sentencing instructions: A test of the death penalty process in Tennessee

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 324-345

  Blaneenship, Michael B ^a   Luginbuhl, James ^b   Cullen, Francis T ^c   Redick, William ^d  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Private Practice Attorney ^*

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