Killing as punishment : reflections on the death penalty in America / Hugo Adam Bedau.

Author: Bedau, Hugo Adam.

Imprint:Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.

Descriptionxi, 241 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The death penalty in America, yesterday and today -- American populism : witnesses to an execution -- Convicting and executing the innocent -- Executive clemency in capital cases -- The choice between imprisonment and death -- A moral reading of the Eighth Amendment -- Human dignity and the Eighth Amendment -- Using moral principles to argue about the death penalty -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-232) and index.

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