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International Standard Book Number  

9781610691956 (electronic bk.)

International Standard Book Number  

1610691954 (electronic bk.)

Library of Congress Call Number  

KF9227.C2-M423 2014

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

345.73/0773345.730773

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Melusky, Joseph Anthony.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2014

Physical Description  

1 online resource (279 p)

Series Statement  

Documents Decoded

General Note  

Description based upon print version of record.

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Cover; 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

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Death 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

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Justice 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

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Chapter 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

Summary, Etc.  

요약When 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.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment United States Cases

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment -- Cases

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment -- United States -- Cases

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Capital punishment

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

LAW / Criminal Law / General.

Added Entry-Personal Name  

Pesto, Keith A.

Additional Physical Form Entry  

Print version / Melusky, JosephThe Death Penalty: Documents Decoded. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO,c2014. 9781610691949

Series Added Entry-Uniform Title  

Documents decoded.

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