The death penalty : documents decoded / Joseph A. Melusky and Keith Alan Pesto.
By: Melusky, Joseph Anthony [author.].
Contributor(s): Pesto, Keith A [author.] | Gale Group.
Series: Gale virtual reference library.Documents decoded: Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781610691949 (hardback); 9781610691956 (electronic book).Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States -- CasesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Death penalty.DDC classification: 345.73/0773 Online resources: Aquí puedes acceder a este libro en forma virtual| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
e-Books
|
Biblioteca Central On Display | Digital | Base de datos (Browse shelf) | Ver todos los libros de esta colección | Ej. | Available | BD_GALE |
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.
Description based on print version record.
There are no comments for this item.