The death penalty : debating the moral, legal, and political issues / edited by Robert M. Baird, Stuart E. Rosenbaum.
Baird, Robert M., 1937-; Rosenbaum, Stuart E.
2011
KF9227.C2 D41175 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The death penalty : debating the moral, legal, and political issues / edited by Robert M. Baird, Stuart E. Rosenbaum.
ISBN
9781591027607 (pbk.)
1591027608 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
Language
English
Description
379 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
KF9227.C2 D41175 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.660973
Summary
"Does capital punishment act as a deterrent to the commission of certain crimes? Is state-sponsored execution of criminals abhorrent to the standards of civilized society? Should the death penalty be outlawed as a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment? Should it be outlawed because of the possibility that an innocent person may be executed? Questions such as these are at the heart of the debate over capital punishment. In this excellent anthology, leading experts examines all sides of this thorny issue. Besides age-old questions surrounding the death penalty, some of the articles also address the impact of new advances in DNA technology. In addition, editors Baird and Rosenbaum provide edited excerpts from two recent, controversial decisions by the United States Supreme Court. In both cases, the Eighth Amendment came into play. In the first, Kennedy v. Louisiana, the Court ruled that the death penalty for raping a child, even in the case of violent rape, when the death of the child is not the result, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. In the second, Baez v. Rees, the Court confirmed a lower court's decision that the method of capital punishment used in most states--lethal injection--does not violate the Eighth Amendment. Anyone seeking greater clarity on the moral, legal, and political implications of this often-emotional debate will benefit from this balanced collection"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Baird, Robert M., 1937-
Rosenbaum, Stuart E.
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History of the death penalty / Death Penalty Information Center
Death sentences and executions in 2008, summary report / Amnesty International
Number of executions as of May 20, 2011 by state since 1976 / Death Penalty Information Center
The morality of anger / Walter Berns
Execution is inherently inhumane, unfairly applied, and ineffective in deterring crime / Mahua Das
Trial by fire : did Texas execute an innocent man? / David Grann
A guilty man [and the history of lethal injection] / Vince Beiser
Baze-d and confused : what's the deal with lethal injection? A debate / Alison J. Nathan and Douglas A. Berman
Baze v. Rees, Supreme Court of the United States, April 16, 2008 / Chief Justice John Roberts
Baze v. Rees / Justice Ruth Ginsburg, dissenting, Justice David Souter joining
Baze v. Rees / Justice John Paul Stevens, concurring
Baze v. Rees / Justice Antonin Scalia, concurring, Justice Clarence Thomas, joining
Baze v. Rees / Justice Stephen Breyer, concurring
Baze v. Rees / Justice Clarence Thomas, concurring, Justice Antonin Scalia, joining
Kennedy v. Louisiana, Supreme Court of the United States, June 25, 2008 / Justice Anthony Kennedy
Kennedy v. Louisiana / Justice Samuel Alito, dissenting
The Supreme Court is wrong on the death penalty / Laurence H. Tribe
The death penalty : unwise for child rape / Vivian Berger
The arguments in favor of, and against, the death penalty for child rape / Marci Hamilton
Engaging capital emotions / Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
Child rape, moral outrage, and the death penalty / Susan A. Bandes
The Kirk Bloodsworth story / The Justice Project
Life after DNA exoneration / Megan Feldman
Death and innocence : capital punishment is on the decline, largely because of DNA testing and its ramifications for the legal system / Gregg Sangillo
Death and harmless error : a rhetorical response to judging innocence / Colin Starger
Testimony of Barry C. Scheck before the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment
Of the coming of John / W.E.B. Dubois
The persistent problem of racial disparities in the federal death penalty : a report of / the American Civil Liberties Union
Georgia's racist death penalty / Heather Gray
Looking deathworthy : perceived stereotypicality of black defendants predicts capital-sentencing outcomes / Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Paul G. Davies, Valerie J. Purdie-Vaughns, and Sheri Lynn Johnson.

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