When Lightning Strikes Back: South Carolina's Return to the Unconstitutional Standardless Capital Sentencing Regime of the Pre-Furman Era

Authors

John H. Blume, Cornell Law SchoolFollow
Sheri Johnson, Cornell Law SchoolFollow
Emily C. Paavola, Death Penalty Resource & Defense Center, Columbia, S.C.
Keir M. Weyble, Cornell Death Penalty Project, Ithaca, N.Y.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2010

Keywords

Capital punishment, Death penalty, Furman v. Georgia, Eighth Amendment

Disciplines

Constitutional Law

Recommended Citation

Blume, John H.; Johnson, Sheri; Paavola, Emily C.; and Weyble, Keir M., "When Lightning Strikes Back: South Carolina's Return to the Unconstitutional Standardless Capital Sentencing Regime of the Pre-Furman Era" (2010). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 156.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/156

Publication Citation

Charleston Law Review, vol. 4, no. 3 (Spring 2010)