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The Death Penalty - Documents Decoded (Hardcover)
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The Death Penalty - Documents Decoded (Hardcover)
Series: Documents Decoded
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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. This
book provides far more than an effective overview of the history,
current status, and future of capital punishment in America; it
supplies excerpts of the words of the justices themselves to make
these judicial opinions readily accessible and understandable to
general audiences. As a result, readers can see what the justices
had to say for themselves regarding more than 30 important cases
involving the death penalty-without relying on any intermediary
interpretations of their statements. After a brief historical
summary of the debate over capital punishment and the arguments
favoring and opposing capital punishment, the book "decodes" how
the justices have interpreted and applied constitutional provisions
to historical and contemporary controversies. Each case includes
brief narrative commentaries inserted by the authors to provide
context for the justices' words. Additionally, the excerpted
judicial opinions are presented as primary source documents for the
reader's inspection and reflection. Presents the opinions of the
Supreme Court in significant capital punishment or cruel and
unusual punishment cases through the carefully excerpted words of
the justices themselves Organizes information chronologically to
facilitate students tracing the evolution of capital punishment in
the United States Uses documents and insightful commentary to
clarify and explain the arguments for and against capital
punishment, providing unbiased information that allows readers to
fairly consider both sides of the debate Recognizes the trends in
the Supreme Court's decisions involving the death penalty and cruel
and unusual punishment Ties court opinions to developments in law,
technology, and society, such as the advent of DNA evidence
Provides an ideal resource for undergraduate students studying
constitutional law, civil rights/liberties, criminal justice,
American government, and American history; as well as high school
students in relevant advanced placement courses
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