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Capital punishment = cruel and unusual? /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	Capital punishment/ Kim Masters Evans.
其他題名:	cruel and unusual? /
作者:	Evans, Kimberly Masters.
出版者:	Detroit, Mich. :Gale, : c2008.,
附註:	ISSN "1538-6678".
叢書名:	Information Plus reference series
標題:	Executions and executioners. -
電子資源:	Available for Taiwan Academic E-Books Consortium via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
ISBN:	9781414438146 (electronic book)

Capital punishment = cruel and unusual? /
Evans, Kimberly Masters.

Capital punishmentcruel and unusual? /[electronic resource] :Kim Masters Evans. - 2008 ed. - Detroit, Mich. :Gale,c2008. - Information Plus reference series.

ISSN "1538-6678".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A continuing conflict: a history of capital punishment in the United States -- Supreme Court rulings: constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection,and sentencing procedures -- Supreme Court rulings: circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods -- Supreme Court rulings: mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases -- Death penalty laws: offenses, sentences, appeals, and execution methods -- Statistics: death sentences, capital case costs, and executions -- Issues of fairness: racial bias and quality of legal representation -- Exonerations, moratoriums, and reforms -- Public attitudes toward capital punishment -- Capital punishment around the world -- The debate: capital punishment should be maintained -- The debate: capital punishment should be abolished.

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.

Electronic reproduction.
Farmington Hills, Mi :
Gale.

Available via World Wide Web.

Original:

viii, 151 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Mode of access: Internet.

ISBN: 9781414438146 (electronic book)Subjects--Topical Terms:

280745
Executions and executioners.

LC Class. No.: HV8699.U5 / C298 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 364.66/0973

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