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The death penalty / J. Alicia Elster, book editor.

Contributor(s): Elster, Jean Alicia [(ed.)].
Series: History of issues. Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale, c2005Description: 237 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0737719117 (hbk.).Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 345.730773
Contents:
Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment? 1. Electrocution is not cruel and unusual punishment / Melville Weston Fuller. 2. The death penalty is not as cruel and unusual as life imprisonment / Jacques Barzun. 3. The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment / William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan, Jr. 4. The death penalty is not always cruel and unusual punishment / Potter Stewart. 5. Executing juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment / John Paul Stevens. 6. The Supreme Court's ruling that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment is wrong / Cameron Talley. - Ch. 2. The deterrence debate. 1. The death penalty is not the best deterrent to crime / Cesare Beccaria. 2. The death penalty deters potential murderers / John Stuart Mill. 3. The death penalty deters juries from convicting murderers. 4. The death penalty is necessary to protect society / J. Edgar Hoover. 5. Statistics can neither prove nor disprove that capital punishment deters murderers / James Q. Wilson. Ch. 3. Fairness and the death penalty. 1. Racial discrimination in death penalty sentences must be proved on a case-by-case basis / Lewis F. Powell. 2. Many people have been wrongfully sentenced to death in New York / Marty I. Rosenbaum. 3. Slavery, lynching, and the death penalty as methods of social control / William S. McFeely. 4. The death penalty is fair / Walter Berns and Joseph Bessette. 5. Women are no longer spared the death penalty because of their gender / Elizabeth Rapaport. 6. The death penalty is unfair and should be abolished / Austin Sarat. 7. DNA technology can assure the fairness of the death penalty / New York Post. - Ch. 4. Moral Issues. 1. The death penalty is immoral and should be abolished / Benjamin Rush. 2. The death penalty is sanctioned by God / Jacob J. Vellenga. 3. The death penalty is forbidden by Jewish law / Israel J. Kazis. 4. The moral benefits of the death penalty / Ernest van den Haag. 5. Michigan's moral stand against the death penalty / Eugene G. Wanger. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index
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Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment? 1. Electrocution is not cruel and unusual punishment / Melville Weston Fuller. 2. The death penalty is not as cruel and unusual as life imprisonment / Jacques Barzun. 3. The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment / William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan, Jr. 4. The death penalty is not always cruel and unusual punishment / Potter Stewart. 5. Executing juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment / John Paul Stevens. 6. The Supreme Court's ruling that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment is wrong / Cameron Talley. - Ch. 2. The deterrence debate. 1. The death penalty is not the best deterrent to crime / Cesare Beccaria. 2. The death penalty deters potential murderers / John Stuart Mill. 3. The death penalty deters juries from convicting murderers. 4. The death penalty is necessary to protect society / J. Edgar Hoover. 5. Statistics can neither prove nor disprove that capital punishment deters murderers / James Q. Wilson. Ch. 3. Fairness and the death penalty. 1. Racial discrimination in death penalty sentences must be proved on a case-by-case basis / Lewis F. Powell. 2. Many people have been wrongfully sentenced to death in New York / Marty I. Rosenbaum. 3. Slavery, lynching, and the death penalty as methods of social control / William S. McFeely. 4. The death penalty is fair / Walter Berns and Joseph Bessette. 5. Women are no longer spared the death penalty because of their gender / Elizabeth Rapaport. 6. The death penalty is unfair and should be abolished / Austin Sarat. 7. DNA technology can assure the fairness of the death penalty / New York Post. - Ch. 4. Moral Issues. 1. The death penalty is immoral and should be abolished / Benjamin Rush. 2. The death penalty is sanctioned by God / Jacob J. Vellenga. 3. The death penalty is forbidden by Jewish law / Israel J. Kazis. 4. The moral benefits of the death penalty / Ernest van den Haag. 5. Michigan's moral stand against the death penalty / Eugene G. Wanger. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index