Through the Past Darkly: A Survey of the Uses and Abuses of Victim Impact Evidence in Capital Trials

Authors

Wayne A. Logan, Florida State University College of Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1999

Publication Title

Arizona Law Review

Publication Title (Abbreviation)

Ariz. L. Rev.

Volume

41

Issue

1

First Page

143

Last Page

192

Abstract

This Article examines the recent history of victim impact evidence in capital sentencing, as permitted by the United States Supreme Court's landmark 1991 decision in Payne v. Tennessee, which overruled two other recent holdings of the Court squarely prohibiting such evidence.

Rights

© 1999 Wayne A. Logan

Comments

First published in Arizona Law Review.

Faculty Biography

http://law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/wlogan

Recommended Citation

Wayne A. Logan, Through the Past Darkly: A Survey of the Uses and Abuses of Victim Impact Evidence in Capital Trials, 41 Ariz. L. Rev. 143 (1999),
Available at: https://ir.law.fsu.edu/articles/202