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Voices of the death penalty debate : a citizen's guide to capital punishment / by Russell G. Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Russell G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lake Mary, FL : Vandeplas Pub., [2010]
- Summary:
- "Through the statements of witnesses who testified at historic hearings in New York between December 2004 and February 2005, [the book] seeks to educate a national and international citizenry about capital punishment. ... present[ing] the essential facts relating to the death penalty and the major categories of debate over capital punishment worldwide"--Introd.
- Contents:
- Death penalty facts and figures
- Understanding the law: basic constitutional principles
- Justifications for capital punishment
- Costs and the prosecutorial process
- Special problems: race and mental illness
- Innocence
- The international perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315).
- ISBN:
- 1600421083
- 9781600421082
- OCLC:
- 637520065
- Publisher Number:
- 99943266464
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