자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Melusky, Joseph Anthony. Pesto, Keith A. |
서명/저자사항 | The Death Penalty[electronic resource] :Documents Decoded. |
발행사항 | Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2014. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
총서사항 | Documents Decoded |
ISBN | 9781610691956 (electronic bk.) 1610691954 (electronic bk.) |
일반주기 |
Description based upon print version of record.
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내용주기 | Cover; Contents; Preface; Background; Chapter 1 Introduction; Cases: Evolving Standards of Decency and the U.S. Supreme Court's Responses to the Death Penalty; Chapter 2 The Road from Wilkerson to Furman: 1878-1971; Death by Firing Squad; Death by Electrocution; Second Attempts at Execution; Other Types of Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Changing Court Opinion; Selection of Jurors; Standardizing the Death Penalty; Chapter 3 From Furman to Gregg: 1972-1976; Suspending the Death Penalty; Reinstating the Death Penalty; Chapter 4 After Gregg: 1976-1982; Mandatory Death Penalties Death Penalty for RapeMitigating Factors; Aggravating Factors; Additional Mitigating Factors; Chapter 5 Proportionality, Culpability, and Fitting the Punishment to the Crime: 1982-1989; Limits on the Death Penalty for Accomplices; Repeat Offender Statutes; Execution of the Insane; Allowing the Death Penalty for Accomplices; Use of Statistics Showing Racial Bias; Death Penalty for Those under Age 16; Death Penalty for Those under Age 18; Execution of the Mentally Retarded; Chapter 6 From Harmelin to Ring: 1991-2002; Life Sentences for Drug Possession Justice Blackmun Reconsiders the Death PenaltyContinuing Incarceration of Sex Offenders; Prohibiting the Execution of the Mentally Retarded; Who Can Levy a Death Sentence?; Chapter 7 Issues and Prospects for the 21st Century: Are Death Rows Facing Death Throes?; Execution of Minors; Death by Lethal Injection; Death Penalty for Rape of a Child; Chapter 8 Locked Up for Life?: Juvenile Offenders and Ever-Evolving Standards of Decency; Juvenile Life without Parole for Nonhomicide Crimes; Mandatory Life without Parole for Homicide by Juveniles; Conclusions; Chapter 9 Concluding Observations Chapter 10 ChronologyChapter 11 Links and Resources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Authors |
요약 | When is the death penalty considered ""cruel and unusual punishment"" or ""constitutionally permissible""? This book exposes readers directly to landmark opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court that strive to answer difficult questions regarding capital punishment. |
일반주제명 | Capital punishment -- United States -- Cases. Capital punishment -- Cases. Capital punishment -- United States -- Cases. Capital punishment. LAW / Criminal Law / General. |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:Melusky, JosephThe Death Penalty: Documents DecodedSanta Barbara : ABC-CLIO,c20149781610691949 |
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