Capital punishment, cruel and unusual?, Kim Masters Evans
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Capital punishment, cruel and unusual?, Kim Masters Evans
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Includes bibliographical references and indexCovers the history of capital punishment plus discussions of numerous court cases, legal decisions, and historical statistics. Also includes information about execution methods, minors and the death penalty, public attitudes, and capital punishment around the world
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Capital punishment
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792742211
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Kim Masters Evans
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cruel and unusual?
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Ch 1. A continuing conflict : a history of capital punishment in the United States -- ch 2. Supreme Court rulings I : constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection, and sentencing procedures -- ch 3. Supreme Court rulings II : circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods -- ch 4. Supreme Court rulings III : mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases -- ch 5. Death penalty laws : state, federal, and U.S. military -- ch 6. Statistics : death sentences, capital case costs, and executions -- ch 7. Issues of fairness -- ch 8. Exonerations and moratoriums -- ch 9. Public attitudes toward capital punishment -- ch 10. Capital punishment around the world -- ch 11. The debate : capital punishment should be maintained -- ch 12. The debate : capital punishment should be abolished
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