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010			_a 2017007384
020			_a9781440845499 (alk. paper)
020			_z9781440845505 (ebook : alk. paper)
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100	1		_aMelusky, Joseph Anthony,
245	1	4	_aThe death penalty : _ba reference handbook / _cJoseph A. Melusky and Keith A. Pesto.
264		1	_aSanta Barbara, California : _bABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC _c[2017]
300			_axvii, 372 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aContemporary world issues
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCover; 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).
650		0	_aCapital punishment _zUnited States.
700	1		_aPesto, Keith A.,
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMelusky, Joseph Anthony, author. _tDeath penalty _dSanta Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2017] _z9781440845505 _w(DLC) 2017019942
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