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Death Penalty on Trial

by Gary P. Gershman
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An extensive survey of the pros and cons, evolution, and current issues surrounding one of the hottest topics in today's social debates.
Death Penalty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents sifts through the rhetoric, politics, and emotion that characterize one of the most highly discussed, yet least understood issues facing the United States today. Placing the death penalty in a historical perspective with an emphasis on the last 50 years, this case-driven volume explains the legal theory that has perpetuated it and the judicial reasoning, both pro and con, behind such landmark Supreme Court cases as Furman v. Georgia and The United States of America v. Alan Quinones.
From the first Massachusetts Bay Colony execution and the inventions of the electric chair and gas chamber to DNA testing of inmates, readers will learn how and why capital punishment continues to be so controversial.
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Series: On Trial Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9781851096114
  • Release date: April 19, 2005

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  • ISBN: 9781851096114
  • File size: 1853 KB
  • Release date: April 19, 2005
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An extensive survey of the pros and cons, evolution, and current issues surrounding one of the hottest topics in today's social debates.
Death Penalty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents sifts through the rhetoric, politics, and emotion that characterize one of the most highly discussed, yet least understood issues facing the United States today. Placing the death penalty in a historical perspective with an emphasis on the last 50 years, this case-driven volume explains the legal theory that has perpetuated it and the judicial reasoning, both pro and con, behind such landmark Supreme Court cases as Furman v. Georgia and The United States of America v. Alan Quinones.
From the first Massachusetts Bay Colony execution and the inventions of the electric chair and gas chamber to DNA testing of inmates, readers will learn how and why capital punishment continues to be so controversial.
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Law Nonfiction