This balanced approach to legal precedent and moral argument
regarding the death penalty presents the evidence so readers can
reach their own informed conclusions. Capital Punishment examines
the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and
attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this
controversial practice. The authors combine analysis of important
issues with excerpts from landmark legal decisions, important
documents, survey results, and empirical data. The first part of
the book discusses the origins of the death penalty and traces its
development from antiquity to contemporary times. Detailed
statistical information about capital punishment is presented and
discussed, and the death penalty is considered against a
constitutional backdrop with various arguments-for and
against-articulated. The second part of the book consists of three
appendices. The first appendix presents an annotated list of
important capital-punishment cases; the second supplies a more
general chronological treatment of capital punishment; and the
third provides a bibliographic essay directing readers to other
relevant sources of interest. A thorough and insightful treatment,
Capital Punishment provides both a summary of the current state of
capital punishment and a discussion of areas of continuing
controversy. 15 black-and-white photos Excerpts from legal
documents, court decisions, and statistical and survey data
Timeline Bibliography
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