Cruel & unusual : the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment /

This indispensable history of the Eighth Amendment and the founders' views of capital punishment is also a passionate call for the abolition of the death penalty based on the notion of cruel and unusual punishment.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Bessler, John D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2012
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central