The ABA called for a death-penalty moratorium pending fairness investigation

Evidence

However, concerns about arbitrariness and discrimination continued, as evidenced by the American Bar Association’s adoption of a resolution in 1997 calling for a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty pending a scientific investigation of the fairness and impartiality of the capital justice process. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2030

Categorization

• XREF: Links to the course theme of whether legal institutions can guarantee fairness and impartiality. — connects to: Distancing executioners from the act weakens moral restraint against killing; The ABA lacks direct authority yet wields influence over the legal profession. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 670; The ABA lacks regulatory power yet wields influence as the profession’s recognized voice. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1031

Broader Connections

• The ABA lacks direct authority yet wields influence over the legal profession. #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 670
• The ABA lacks regulatory power yet wields influence as the profession’s recognized voice. #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1031
• Distancing executioners from the act weakens moral restraint against killing #complicates (0.85)