The Death Penalty in AmericaHugo Adam Bedau InThe Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies, Hugo Adam Bedau, one of our preeminent scholars on the subject,provides a comprehensive sourcebook on the death penalty, making the process of informed consideration not only possible but fascinating as well. No mere revision of the third edition of The Death Penalty in America--which the New York Times praised as "the most complete, well-edited and comprehensive collection of readings on the pros and cons of the death penalty"--this volume brings together an entirely new selection of 40 essays and includes updated statistical and research data, recent Supreme Court decisions, and the best current contributions to the debate over capital punishment. From the status of the death penalty worldwide to current attitudes of Americans toward convicted killers, from legal arguments challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty to moral arguments enlisting the New Testament in support of it, from controversies over the role of race and class in the judicial system to proposals to televise executions, Bedau gathers readings that explore all the most compelling aspects of this most compelling issue. |
Contents
Prisoners Executed by Jurisdiction in Rank Order 193095 and 197795 | |
Offenses Punishable by Death | |
Criminal Homicide | |
Murder Victims by Type of Weapon Used 198993 | |
Death Row Prisoners | |
Why the Death Penalty Is a Cruel and Unusual Punishment | |
Habeas Corpus and Other Constitutional Controversies | |
International Human Rights Law and the Death Penalty in America | |
A Racially Disproportionate Death Penalty System Is | |
Research Indicates Pattern of Racial Disparities | |
The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime but for the Worst Lawyer | |
A Good Murder | |
The Capital Jury Project | |
Prisoners on Death Row by Jurisdiction and Type of Removal 197394 | |
The Status of the Death Penalty Worldwide | |
The Death Penalty versus | |
Americans Views on the Death Penalty | |
Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death | |
The Controversy over Deterrence and Incapacitation | |
A Review of the Literature | |
Assessing the Threat to Society from | |
Prison Homicides Recidivist Murder and Life Imprisonment | |
The Death Penalty as Administered Is Unconstitutional | |
The Death Penalty Is Not Per Se Unconstitutional | |
Mandatory Death Penalties Are Unconstitutional | |
Constitutional Interpretation History and the Death Penalty | |
Assessing the Danger of Mistaken Executions | |
The Case of Harold Lamont Otey | |
Televising Executions | |
Witness to Another Execution | |
What Politicians Dont Say About the High Costs of the Death Penalty | |
The New Testament and Moral Arguments for Capital Punishment | |
Noahs Covenant the New Testament and Christian Social Order | |
The Death Penalty Once More | |
A Reply to van den Haag | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
TABLE OF CASES | |
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