Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States / by Louis J. Palmer, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Louis J., Jr., 1956-

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--United States--Encyclopedias.

Capital punishment.

United States.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

vii, 606 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2001]

Summary:

This encyclopedia presents a tremendous amount of information about capital punishment in the United States. There are entries on virtually every capital punishment decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court from its beginning through 1999 and entries are also provided for each Supreme Court Justice who has ever rendered a capital punishment opinion. Entries on jurisdictions that do or do not have capital punishment cite the present-day relevant death penalty laws of each jurisdiction and its judicial structure, with synopses of both their common and their unique features. There are entries that summarize the status of capital punishment in almost 200 nations of the world, famous and not so famous U.S. capital prosecutions, organizations that support and oppose capital punishment, capital punishments impact on persons of African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American backgrounds, on women, and on

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-590) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0786409444

OCLC:

44541896