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The death penalty : a reference handbook / Joseph A. Melusky and Keith A. Pesto.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Contemporary world issuesPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC [2017]Description: xvii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440845499 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Death penaltyDDC classification:
  • 364.660973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8699.U5 M46 2017
Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Background and History; Introduction; The Death Penalty before It Was Capital Punishment; How Did This History Affect Capital Punishment in the United States?; So Why Does the Eighth Amendment Ban Cruel and Unusual Punishment?; How Did the Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Become Linked to the Death Penalty?; Capital Punishment in the New Republic; The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Changes the Bill of Rights; So Does Due Process "Incorporate" a Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Is First-Degree Murder Enough to Warrant the Death Penalty or Must There Be Aggravating Circumstances?What Aggravating Factors Are Permissible?; Who Can Decide on the Death Penalty?; What Defendants Are Incapable of Deserving the Death Penalty?; How Can the Jury Be Selected?; The Role of Statistics; Victim Impact; In the End, How Can Executions Be Carried Out?; Life without Parole?; Conclusion and "Last" Words; References; 3 Perspectives; Introduction; Does the Death Penalty Deter Homicide? by Rudolph J. Gerber. The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished-For Very Practical Reasons by Richard C. DieterCapital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished in the United States by Brett R. Meltzer; Retaining the Death Penalty: Sociopolitical Support by Kim MacInnis; Gender and Capital Punishment by Elizabeth Rapaport; Death Row Exonerations and Conviction Integrity by John Rago; Capital Punishment and Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System by Gov. Tom Corbett; 4 Profiles; Introduction; American Bar Association; American Law Institute; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Bedau, Hugo Adam (1926-2012)Blackmun, Justice Harry A. (1908-1999); Brennan, Justice William J. (1906-1997); Breyer, Justice Stephen (1938- ); Federal Death Penalty Act (1994); Innocence Protection Act (2004); Kasi, Mir Aimal (1964-2002); Kennedy, Justice Anthony (1936- ); NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; O'Connor, Justice Sandra Day (1930- ); Powell, Justice Lewis F. (1907-1998); Prejean, Sister Helen (1939- ); Rehnquist, Chief Justice William H. (1924-2005); Roberts, Chief Justice John (1955- ); Scalia, Justice Antonin (1936-2016); Sellin, Thorsten (1896-1994).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Background and History; Introduction; The Death Penalty before It Was Capital Punishment; How Did This History Affect Capital Punishment in the United States?; So Why Does the Eighth Amendment Ban Cruel and Unusual Punishment?; How Did the Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Become Linked to the Death Penalty?; Capital Punishment in the New Republic; The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Changes the Bill of Rights; So Does Due Process "Incorporate" a Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Is First-Degree Murder Enough to Warrant the Death Penalty or Must There Be Aggravating Circumstances?What Aggravating Factors Are Permissible?; Who Can Decide on the Death Penalty?; What Defendants Are Incapable of Deserving the Death Penalty?; How Can the Jury Be Selected?; The Role of Statistics; Victim Impact; In the End, How Can Executions Be Carried Out?; Life without Parole?; Conclusion and "Last" Words; References; 3 Perspectives; Introduction; Does the Death Penalty Deter Homicide? by Rudolph J. Gerber. The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished-For Very Practical Reasons by Richard C. DieterCapital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished in the United States by Brett R. Meltzer; Retaining the Death Penalty: Sociopolitical Support by Kim MacInnis; Gender and Capital Punishment by Elizabeth Rapaport; Death Row Exonerations and Conviction Integrity by John Rago; Capital Punishment and Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System by Gov. Tom Corbett; 4 Profiles; Introduction; American Bar Association; American Law Institute; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Bedau, Hugo Adam (1926-2012)Blackmun, Justice Harry A. (1908-1999); Brennan, Justice William J. (1906-1997); Breyer, Justice Stephen (1938- ); Federal Death Penalty Act (1994); Innocence Protection Act (2004); Kasi, Mir Aimal (1964-2002); Kennedy, Justice Anthony (1936- ); NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; O'Connor, Justice Sandra Day (1930- ); Powell, Justice Lewis F. (1907-1998); Prejean, Sister Helen (1939- ); Rehnquist, Chief Justice William H. (1924-2005); Roberts, Chief Justice John (1955- ); Scalia, Justice Antonin (1936-2016); Sellin, Thorsten (1896-1994).

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