CJ ST 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Raoping County, Ex Post Facto Law

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Criminal Justice Studies
• Course: CJ ST 410
• Professor: Kevin Burgason

Document Summary

Pre-modern death penalty refers to before 1968. Judicial review and the regulation of capital punishment. Judicial review : a court"s power to review acts of other branches of government (especially other court cases) to invalidate legislation and executive action. The power of judicial review was formally confirmed in 1803 via. Bc it is the courts responsibility to uphold the constitution. Fletcher v peck was the first time the court asserted its authority over state laws that were inconsistent with the constitution. Additional power was given to the courts with the ratification of the. Before the 14th amendment the bill of rights only pertained to those charged with federal crimes. Identification of the pre-modern supreme court dp cases. Furman vs. georgia abolished the death penalty for the first and only time. 1968 the naacp analyzed the death penalty and its use. There are many other non-capital cases that influenced the dp before 1968, not just supreme court cases.