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Author Evans, Kim Masters.

Title Capital punishment : cruel and unusual? / Kim Masters Evans.

Publication Info. Detroit : Gale, 2012.
Description 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Information Plus reference series
Gale virtual reference library
Information Plus reference series.
Note "ISSN 1538-6678."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Capital punishment -- United States.
Capital punishment -- United States -- Statistics.
Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
Criminal law -- United States.
Capital punishment -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Capital punishment -- United States -- Public opinion.
Executions and executioners.
Added Author Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Capital punishment. Detroit : Gale, 2012 9781414481340
ISBN 9781414482606 (electronic book)
9781414481340
1414481349
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