Melusky, Joseph Anthony,
The death penalty : documents decoded / Joseph A. Melusky and Keith Alan Pesto. - 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages). - Gale virtual reference library Documents decoded . - Documents decoded. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. The road from Wilkerson to Furman : 1878-1971 -- chapter 3. From Furman to Gregg : 1972-1976 -- chapter 4. After Gregg : 1976-1982 -- chapter 5. Proportionality, culpability, and fitting the punishment to the crime : 1982-1989 -- chapter 6. From Harmelin to Ring : 1991-2002 -- chapter 7. Issues and prospects for the 21st century : are death rows facing death throes? -- chapter 8. Locked up for life? : juvenile offenders and ever-evolving standards of decency.
This book exposes readers directly to landmark opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court that strive to answer difficult questions regarding capital punishment. Not only does it provide an overview of the history, current status, and future of capital punishment in America; it supplies excerpts of the words of the justices themselves.
9781610691949 (hardback) 9781610691956 (electronic book)
Capital punishment--United States--Cases.
KF9227.C2 / M425 2014
345.73/0773
The death penalty : documents decoded / Joseph A. Melusky and Keith Alan Pesto. - 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages). - Gale virtual reference library Documents decoded . - Documents decoded. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. The road from Wilkerson to Furman : 1878-1971 -- chapter 3. From Furman to Gregg : 1972-1976 -- chapter 4. After Gregg : 1976-1982 -- chapter 5. Proportionality, culpability, and fitting the punishment to the crime : 1982-1989 -- chapter 6. From Harmelin to Ring : 1991-2002 -- chapter 7. Issues and prospects for the 21st century : are death rows facing death throes? -- chapter 8. Locked up for life? : juvenile offenders and ever-evolving standards of decency.
This book exposes readers directly to landmark opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court that strive to answer difficult questions regarding capital punishment. Not only does it provide an overview of the history, current status, and future of capital punishment in America; it supplies excerpts of the words of the justices themselves.
9781610691949 (hardback) 9781610691956 (electronic book)
Capital punishment--United States--Cases.
KF9227.C2 / M425 2014
345.73/0773