Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker, The Seduction of Innocence: The Attraction and Limitations of the Focus on Innocence in Capital Punishment Law and Advocacy, 95 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 587 (2005).
Abstract: This article articulates the authors' concerns with the focus on innocence in death penalty cases, which derive from a perspective sympathetic to reform or abolition of the death penalty.