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Should the death penalty be considered cruel and unusual punishment? This was the question brought before the United States Supreme Court in 1972. Author D. J. Herda examines the ideas and arguments behind this landmark case. Presented in a lively, thought-provoking overview, Herda brings to life the people and events of this controversial decision and sheds light on the current controversy still raging across the country today.
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Discusses the death penalty and its various aspects and controversies, including whether it is a deterrent, whether it is applied unfairly, how to regard cases in which it is applied by mistake, and whether an execution should be witnessed by the public.
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Examines all sides of the death penalty debate, highlighting several controversial cases and exploring such issues as the execution of the mentally impared and racial differences in executions. Also describes new developments in science and technology that are changing the way guilt and innocence are decided and the way punishment is imposed.
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