John Donohue Critical Theory
With reference to your article, three studies that have attempted to empirically assess the concepts of “suitably directed” and “minimization of risk” are John Donohue’s 1973-2007 study of capital sentencing in Connecticut, David McCord’s study using the “depravity point calculator,” and David Baldus’s split study in 1973 and 1979 on the examination of the influence of race on death penalty decisions in Georgia. According to your article, Donohue’s study identified 205 potentially death eligible murders in the state. Donohue coded and calculated for factors that might have “influenced jurors, such as the victim’s suffering, the defendant’s motive, the number of victims, and mitigating factors, such as mental illness or impairment.” The results