Capital punishment [electronic resource] : cruel and unusual? / Kim Masters Evans.
Covers 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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| Language: | English |
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Detroit, Mich. :
Gale,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 2008 ed. |
| Series: | Information Plus reference series.
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Table of Contents:
- A continuing conflict: a history of capital punishment in the United States
- Supreme Court rulings: constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection,and sentencing procedures
- Supreme Court rulings: circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods
- Supreme Court rulings: mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases
- Death penalty laws: offenses, sentences, appeals, and execution methods
- Statistics: death sentences, capital case costs, and executions
- Issues of fairness: racial bias and quality of legal representation
- Exonerations, moratoriums, and reforms
- Public attitudes toward capital punishment
- Capital punishment around the world
- The debate: capital punishment should be maintained
- The debate: capital punishment should be abolished.