Irreversible Error: Recommended Reforms for Preventing and Correcting Errors in the Administration of Capital Punishment
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- The Death Penalty Committee
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Snapshot of Legal and Policy Landscape
- Advocacy Efforts of The Constitution Project in Furtherance of the Death Penalty Committee’s Recommendations
- Black Letter Recommendations
- Chapter 1: Safeguarding Innocence and Preventing Wrongful Execution
- Chapter 2: Forensic Evidence and Labs
- Chapter 3: Access to Justice
- Chapter 4: Custodial Interrogations
- Chapter 5: Ensuring Reliable Eyewitness Testimony
- Chapter 6: Reserving Capital Punishment for the Most Heinous Offenses and Most Culpable Offenders
- Chapter 7: Ensuring Effective Counsel
- Chapter 8: Duty of Judge and Jury
- Chapter 9: Role of Prosecutors
- Chapter 10: Safeguarding Racial Fairness and Proportionality
- Chapter 11: Executive Clemency
- Chapter 12: Execution Procedures
- Appendix 1: State-by-State Execution Procedures
- Appendix 2: Death Penalty Statistics
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