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Volume 36, No. 3 (Spring 2008)

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The Sentencing Commission and Prosecutorial Discretion: The Role of the Courts in Policing Sentence Bargains John Gleeson 639

Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function
of Defense Teams In Death Penalty Cases

Introduction: Re-Stating the Standard of Practice for Death Penalty Counsel: The Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases (PDF) Eric M. Freedman 663
Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases (PDF)   677

The Supplementary Guidelines Project
When Life Depends On It: Supplementary Guidelines For The Mitigation Function Of Defense Teams In Death Penalty Cases (PDF) Sean D. O'Brien 693
The ABA And The Supplementary Guidelines For The Mitigation Function Of Defense Teams In Death Penalty Cases (PDF) Robin M. Maher 763
Capital Guidelines And Ethical Duties: Mutually Reinforcing Responsibilities (PDF) Lawrence J. Fox 775

The Importance of Mitigation to the Judicial System
A Former Alabama Appellate Judge’s Perspective On The Mitigation Function In Capital Cases (PDF) William M. Bowen, Jr. 805
The Indispensable Role Of The Mitigation Specialist In A Capital Case: A View From The Federal Bench (PDF) Helen G. Berrigan 819

Imagining Mitigation
Evolving Standards Of Decency: Advancing The Nature And Logic Of Capital Mitigation (PDF) Craig Haney 835
Cultural Competency In Capital Mitigation (PDF) Scharlette Holdman
Christopher Seeds		 883
The Importance Of Recognizing Trauma Throughout Capital Mitigation Investigations And Presentations (PDF) Kathleen Wayland 923

Obtaining Mitigation
Getting It Right: Life History Investigation As The Foundation For A Reliable Mental Health Assessment (PDF) Richard G. Dudley, Jr.
Pamela Blume Leonard		 963
Mitigation Abroad: Preparing A Successful Case For Life For The Foreign National Client (PDF) Gregory J. Kuykendall
Alicia Amezcua-Rodriguez
Mark Warren		 989
Understanding Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach And Why It Is Essential In Defending A Capital Client (PDF) Mickell Branham
Richard Burr		 1019

Presenting Mitigation
Competent Capital Representation: The Necessity Of Knowing And Heeding What Jurors Tell Us About Mitigation (PDF) John H. Blume
Sheri Lynn Johnson
Scott E. Sundby		 1035
Using The Supplementary Guidelines For The Mitigation Function Of Defense Teams In Death Penalty Cases To Change The Picture In Post-Conviction (PDF) Mark E. Olive
Russell Stetler		 1067

Notes
The Enhanced Arbitration Appeal Amendment: A Proposal to Save American Jurisprudence from Arbitration, Modeled on the English Arbitration Act of 1996 Drew M. Gulley 1095
The Public Policy Exception, “The Freedom of Speech, or of the Press,” and the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act Charles W. Mondora 1139
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