With the federal death penalty recently making the news, the girls examine the beginnings of our modern day death penalty system, and what makes it unique. Join Vicky and Janelle as they take a look at two death penalty convictions on the federal level.
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Research links here!:
FindLaw – “UNITED STATES v. MIKOS”
Murderpedia – “Dr. Ronald Mikos”
Casetext – “U.S. v. Mikos”
Daily Journal – “Podiatrist sentenced to death for murder of federal witness”
Indy Star – “Federal executions resumed in Terre Haute after 17 years. Here’s what you should know”
Death Penalty Information Center – “Early History of the Death Penalty”, “Background on the Federal Death Penalty”, “Federal Death Penalty: The federal government can seek death sentences for a limited set of crimes, but federal executions are much rarer than state executions.”
Cornell Law School – “Furman v. Georgia (1972)”
Law Library – “Furman v. Georgia”
The Marshall Project – “It’s Been 40 Years Since the Supreme Court Tried to Fix the Death Penalty — Here’s How It Failed”
Polsby, Daniel D. “The Death of Capital Punishment? Furman v. Georgia.” The Supreme Court Review, vol. 1972, 1972, pp. 1–40. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3536960. Accessed 20 July 2020
Florida State University Law Review – “Florida’s Legislative and Judicial Responses to Furman v. Georgia: An Analysis and Criticism”
Reuters – “Georgia inmate in historic death penalty case gains perspective”
