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The Death Penalty - Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors (Paperback)
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The Death Penalty - Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors (Paperback)
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Capital punishment attracts strong and opposing moral positions:
execution by the state under any condition is wrong versus
execution as just retribution for heinous killing. In this book,
the author rejects these moral arguments as a basis for determining
the social value of the death penalty and considers the issue
scientifically by determining whether capital punishment deters
willful killing. Using evidence from legal history, the impairment
/ abolishment of the death penalty between 1968 and 1976 and the
right of states to adopt or abolish the death penalty, this book
examines the statistical relationship between the death penalty and
deterrence. The investigation considers the murder rate during
periods with and without the threat of capital punishment, the role
of state commitment to its own capital punishment system, and
fairness in administering the death penalty.
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