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McCleskey v. Kemp

In: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Edited by: Helen Taylor Greene & Shaun L. Gabbidon
Subject:Race, Ethnicity & Crime, Ethnic Studies
Keywords:capital punishment; stores

McCleskey v. Kemp was the last serious challenge to the death penalty in the United States based on race. Numerous criminal justice issues are addressed by this case: equal protection, the application of the death penalty, jury discretion, the use of ...

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  Greene, H. T., & Gabbidon, S. L. (2009). Mccleskey v. kemp. In Encyclopedia of race and crime (Vol. 1, pp. 489-490). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n197
  
  Greene, Helen T., and Shaun L. Gabbidon. "McCleskey v. Kemp." In Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, edited by Greene, Helen Taylor., and Shaun L. Gabbidon, 489-90. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n197.
  
  Greene, H. T. and Gabbidon, S. L. 2009. McCleskey v. Kemp. In: Helen T. Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 489-490 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n197> [Accessed 28 May 2022].
  
  Greene, Helen T. and Shaun L. Gabbidon. "McCleskey v. Kemp." Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 489-90. SAGE Knowledge. 28 May 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971928.n197.
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