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The death penalty arouses our passions as does few other issues. Some view taking another person's life as just and reasonable punishment while others see...
No mere revision of the third edition of The Death Penalty in America (1982) 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.
explore the key elements of the controversies of the ongoing death penalty debate in the United States. What Professor Bedau has offered is a handbook for those already acquainted with the key issues and who favour the abolition of the death penalty, but want to have a useful reference to handle the arguments that often erupt on this subject.
This review addresses four key issues in the modern (post-1976) era of capital punishment in the United States. First, why has the United States retained the death penalty when all its peer countries (all other developed Western democracies) have abolished it?
In the 1800s, many people in America and Europe began to oppose the death penalty. Michigan abolished it in 1845 and Wisconsin entered the Union in 1848 without a death penalty in its statutes. The movement against the death penalty grew stronger after World War II, especially in Europe, where many were weary of so much killing during the war.
Oct 2, 2020 · Capital punishment in America. In the 1970s and the 1980s, polls in the United States showed approval of the death penalty growing consistently, with nearly 80 percent of the public favoring capital punishment for murderers in 1988.
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May 28, 1998 · In The 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...
