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Cruel & unusual : the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment / John D. Bessler.
Van Pelt Library KF9227.C2 B478 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bessler, John D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 456 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Cruel and unusual
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- In cold blood
- On crimes and punishments
- The abolitionists
- America's founding fathers
- The Eighth Amendment
- Capital punishment in America
- The road to abolition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-415) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781555537166
- 1555537162
- 9781555537173
- 1555537170
- OCLC:
- 712117835
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