The death penalty /

"The death penalty is contested across modern social, political, academic, and legal institutions, and this interdisciplinary text helps readers analyze that debate. It begins with Furman v. Georgia, which doubles as the Supreme Court's only decision striking down the death penalty and as...

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Main Author: Garrett, Brandon
Other Authors: Kovarsky, Lee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Foundation Press, 2018
Series:Concepts and insights series
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245 1 4 |a The death penalty /  |c Brandon L. Garrett, L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law; Lee B. Kavorksy, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law 
260 |a St. Paul, MN :  |b Foundation Press,  |c 2018 
300 |a viii, 253 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
490 1 |a Concepts and insights series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Chapter 1. Introduction to the Death Penalty -- Chapter 2. Eligibility and Selection -- Chapter 3. Categorical Exemptions -- Chapter 4. Race and the Death Penalty -- Chapter 5. Patterns -- Chapter 6. Capital Trials -- Chapter 7. Post-Conviction Litigation -- Chapter 8. Innocence and the Death Penalty -- Chapter 9. The Future of the Death Penalty -- Index 
520 |a "The death penalty is contested across modern social, political, academic, and legal institutions, and this interdisciplinary text helps readers analyze that debate. It begins with Furman v. Georgia, which doubles as the Supreme Court's only decision striking down the death penalty and as the origin of modern American capital punishment. The text explores the legal rules and moral reasoning behind the principle that the death penalty be reserved for the worst offenders, as well as the most uncomfortable realities of American capital punishment--the likelihood of wrongful executions and the undeniable influence of race on death penalty practice. Discussion of law and theory is always supplemented with appropriate empirical studies, and is connected to the practice of lawyers on the ground. The text concludes with a glimpse to the future of the death penalty, and situates the increasingly exceptional American experience in an international context."--  |c Provided by publisher 
650 0 |a Capital punishment  |z United States 
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