Death Penalty Research in Nebraska: How Do Judges and Juries Reach Penalty Decisions?

I. Introduction . . . . . 757 II. Aggravating Factors as Predictors of the Death Sentence Outcomes . . . . . 764 III. Number of Aggravating Factors, Mitigation, and Predicting Death Sentences . . . . . 768 IV. Socioeconomic Status of Victims and Sentence Outcomes . . . . . 772 V. Minorities Advancing to the Penalty Phase in Capital Cases . . . . . 773 VI. Conclusion . . . . . 776