The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded
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Melusky, Joseph and Pesto, Keith. The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded. ABC-CLIO, 2014. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/A3895E.
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Melusky, Joseph, and Keith Pesto. The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded. ABC-CLIO, 2014. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/A3895E
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Melusky, J. & Pesto, K. (2014). The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/A3895E
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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.
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"[V]isionary writers assess associated content and offer unique contributions. They envision what their historical contribution might accomplish and forecast reader requirements that enhance positive audience reception. Melusky and Pesto earned distinction as visionary writers. Death Penalty represents an outstanding contribution to constitutional safeguards. . . . High schools, colleges, universities, and school systems throughout the United States will conclude that Death Penalty is essential reading." - ARBAonline
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Table of Contents
The Death Penalty: Documents Decoded
Author(s): Melusky, Joseph; Pesto, Keith;Contributors: Melusky, Joseph; Pesto, Keith;Abstract: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.
SortTitle: death penalty: documents decodedAuthor Info:Joseph A. MeluskyauthorKeith A. PestoauthoreISBN-13: 9781610691956Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781610691956.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781610691949Entry Code: A3895EImprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 288Publication Date: 20140127Series: Documents DecodedSubtitle: Documents Decoded- Cover Cover11
- Contents ix10
- Preface xiii14
- Background 116
- Cases: Evolving Standards of Decency and the U.S. Supreme Court’s Responses to the Death Penalty 1732
- Chapter 2 The Road from Wilkerson to Furman: 1878–1971 1934
- Chapter 3 From Furman to Gregg: 1972–1976 4156
- Chapter 4 After Gregg: 1976–1982 5974
- Chapter 5 Proportionality, Culpability, and Fitting the Punishment to the Crime: 1982–1989 87102
- Limits on the Death Penalty for Accomplices 87102
- Repeat Offender Statutes 95110
- Execution of the Insane 101116
- Allowing the Death Penalty for Accomplices 107122
- Use of Statistics Showing Racial Bias 113128
- Death Penalty for Those under Age 16 121136
- Death Penalty for Those under Age 18 126141
- Execution of the Mentally Retarded 133148
- Chapter 6 From Harmelin to Ring: 1991–2002 139154
- Chapter 7 Issues and Prospects for the 21st Century: Are Death Rows Facing Death Throes? 175190
- Chapter 8 Locked Up for Life?: Juvenile Offenders and Ever-Evolving Standards of Decency 205220
- Conclusions 221236
- Index 257272
- About the Authors 263278