Death Penalty Law

This Article surveys fifteen death penalty decisions of the United States Supreme Court from June 1, 2004 through June 20, 2005. It was written as a companion to Death Penalty Law, a survey of death penalty decisions of the Georgia Supreme Court from June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005. Focusing on the Court's decisions that affect the trial and appeal of death penalty cases, this Article, with some exceptions, does not concern holdings in capital cases that are common to other criminal appeals.