CONSISTENCY
Issues of
in the Federal Death Penalty
A Roundtable Discussionon the Role of the U.S. Attorney
Robin Campbell, Writer
 
© Vera Institute of Justice, 2002. All Rights Reserved. Publication of this booklet was support-ed by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Unattributed points of view are those of the author and do not represent the position or policies of the MacArthur Foundation. Additional copies are available from the communications department of the VeraInstitute of Justice, 233 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10279. An electronic version of thispublication is available on Vera’s web site at www.vera.org
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COVER
:Photos by ©Ken Light; far left photo by ©Andrew Lichenstein, Aurora.Participant photos by ©Philippe Cheng
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Participants
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Consistency: is it attainable?
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Who prosecutes death penalty-eligible cases?
9
Deciding to seek the death penalty—or not
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U.S. Attorneys and the Justice Department
13
Questions of racial/ethnic disparity
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Final thoughts
19
Death penalty offenses
Contents
CONSISTENCY
Issues of
in the Federal Death Penalty
A Roundtable Discussionon the Role of the U.S. Attorney
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