Number: 96-116
Title: Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty
Authors: Dorothy Schrader, Office of Senior Specialists 
Abstract: This report summarizes the death penalty decisions of the Supreme Court. In the last six years, the Court has upheld a significantly greater number of capital sentences. This changes direction is only now making itself felt in appellate review of capital cases and the execution of the death penalty.
Pages: 10
Date: Updated February 1, 1996