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100 1 Bedau, Hugo Adam
245 14 The Death Penalty in America :|bCurrent Controversies
264 1 Cary :|bOxford University Press USA - OSO,|c1994
264 4 |c©1997
300 1 online resource (545 pages)
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505 0 Cover -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- 1 Background and
Developments -- Part I: The Laws, the Crimes, and the
Executions -- 2 Offenses Punishable by Death -- 3 Proposed
State Death Penalty Legislation, 1994 -- 4 Criminal
Homicide -- 5 Death Row Prisoners -- 6 The Status of the
Death Penalty Worldwide -- Part II: The Controversy over
Public Support for the Death Penalty: The Death Penalty
versus Life Imprisonment -- 7 Hardening of the Attitudes:
Americans' Views on the Death Penalty -- 8 Sentencing for
Life: Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty
-- Part III: The Controversy over Deterrence and
Incapacitation -- 9 Murder, Capital Punishment, and
Deterrence: A Review of the Literature -- 10 A National
Study of the Furman-Commuted Inmates: Assessing the Threat
to Society from Capital Offenders -- 11 Prison Homicides,
Recidivist Murder, and Life Imprisonment -- Part IV: The
Controversy over Constitutionality -- 12 Furman v. Georgia,
1972: The Death Penalty as Administered Is
Unconstitutional -- 13 Gregg v. Georgia, 1976: The Death
Penalty Is Not Per Se Unconstitutional -- 14 Woodson v.
North Carolina, 1976: Mandatory Death Penalties Are
Unconstitutional -- 15 Coker v. Georgia, 1977: The Death
Penalty for Rape Is Unconstitutional -- 16 Constitutional
Interpretation, History, and the Death Penalty -- 17 Why
the Death Penalty Is a Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- 18
Habeas Corpus and Other Constitutional Controversies -- 19
International Human Rights Law and the Death Penalty in
America -- Part V: The Controversy over Race and Class --
20 McCleskey v. Kemp, 1987: A Racially Disproportionate
Death Penalty System Is Not Unconstitutional -- 21 Death
Penalty Sentencing: Research Indicates Pattern of Racial
Disparities -- 22 Counsel for the Poor: The Death Sentence
Not for the Worst Crime but for the Worst Lawyer
505 8 Part VI: Controversies from Prosecution to Execution -- 23
"A Good Murder -- 24 How American Juries Decide Death
Penalty Cases: The Capital Jury Project -- 25 Innocence
and the Death Penalty: Assessing the Danger of Mistaken
Executions -- 26 An Appeal for Clemency: The Case of
Harold Lament Otey -- 27 To See or Not to See: Televising
Executions -- 28 Witness to Another Execution -- 29
Millions Misspent: What Politicians Don't Say About the
High Costs of the Death Penalty -- Part VII: The Death
Penalty: For and Against -- 30 The New Testament and Moral
Arguments for Capital Punishment -- 31 Noah's Covenant,
the New Testament, and Christian Social Order -- 32 The
Death Penalty Once More -- 33 A Reply to van den Haag --
BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE OF CASES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C --
D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -
- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
520 Bedau, the leading authority on the endlessly complex
topic of capital punishment, delivers a revision of his
celebrated 1982 edition, which the New York Times called
the most complete, well-edited and comprehensive
collection of readings on the pros and cons of the death
penalty. Featuring 40 new essays and updated statistical
and research data, this landmark volume offers the most
authoritative perspectives on this divisive issue
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Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access
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650 0 Capital punishment -- United States
655 4 Electronic books
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