Anthropology and Capital Case Litigation

  1. Randy Frances Kandel
  1. Isabel Wright Ph.D.

Published Online: 21 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444306996.ch4

Double Vision: Anthropologists at Law

Double Vision: Anthropologists at Law

How to Cite

Wright, I. (2009) Anthropology and Capital Case Litigation, in Double Vision: Anthropologists at Law (ed R. F. Kandel), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444306996.ch4

Author Information

  1. University of California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 21 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 14 APR 1992

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780913167502

Online ISBN: 9781444306996

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Keywords:

  • “briggs statute”;
  • “behind the scenes”;
  • “the less you know the better”;
  • “arbitrary and capricious”;
  • “penalty phase”

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • My Initiation into Death Penalty Work

  • The California Death Penalty Statute

  • Constructing the Social History

  • Acting as a Consulting Expert

  • Notes