Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States - Hardcover

Palmer Jr., Louis J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786409444 ISBN 13: 9780786409440

Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2000

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Book by Palmer Louis J Jr

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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

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• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786409444
• ISBN 13: 9780786409440
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 664