The Death Penalty A Debate

From 1965 until 1980, there was a virtual moratorium on executions for capital offenses in the United States. This was due primarily to protracted legal proceedings challenging the death penalty on constitutional grounds. After much Sturm und Drang, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a divid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Van den Haag, Ernest, Conrad, John Phillips (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Before the Killing Stopped
  • Introduction: Death but Not Torture
  • 1. The Retributivist’s Case against Capital Punishment
  • 2. The Purpose of Punishment
  • 3. The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty
  • 4. More on the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty
  • 5. Does Deterrence Need Capital Punishment?
  • 6. Deterrence, the Death Penalty, and the Data
  • 7. The Constitutional Question
  • 8. Discrimination and Justice
  • 9. Justice and Equality
  • 10. Special Cases
  • 11. Popular Arguments
  • 12. Crimes of Passion
  • 13. Death, Rehabilitation, the Bible, and Human Dignity
  • 14. The Symbolic Meaning of the Death Penalty
  • 15. The Abolitionist Rests
  • 16. The Advocate Advocates