Cruel & unusual : the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment / John D. Bessler.
Publication details: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2012.Description: xiv, 456 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781555537166 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781555537173 (ebook)
- Cruel and unusual
- 345.73/0773 23
- KF9227.C2 B478 2012
Contents:
In cold blood -- On crimes and punishments -- The abolitionists -- America's founding fathers -- The Eighth Amendment -- Capital punishment in America -- The road to abolition.
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| KF9223 .F75 1993 Crime and punishment in American history / | KF9223.4 .F35 2002 Fair trial rights of the accused : a documentary history / | KF9227 .C2 B38 2008 The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence / | KF9227 .C2 B478 2012 Cruel & unusual : the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment / | KF9227 .C2 D4117 2015 The death penalty : constitutional issues, commentaries, and case briefs / | KF9227 .C2 D69 2005 Executed on a technicality : lethal injustice on America's death row / | KF9227 .C2 F76 2006 From lynch mobs to the killing state : race and the death penalty in America / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-415) and index.
In cold blood -- On crimes and punishments -- The abolitionists -- America's founding fathers -- The Eighth Amendment -- Capital punishment in America -- The road to abolition.
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