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Control # 1 hbl99013680
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20220201121004.0
Fixed Data 8 070627s2003 ncua b 001|0 eng
ISBN 20    $a0890890641
Obsolete 39    $a233717$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $dGCG
LC Call 50 00 $aHV8699.U5$bA746 2003
Title 245 00 $aAmerica's experiment with capital punishment :$breflections on the past, present, and future of the ultimate penal sanction /$cedited by James R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm, Charles S. Lanier.
Edition 250    $a2nd ed.
Imprint 260    $aDurham, NC :$bCarolina Academic Press $cc2003
Phys Descrpt 300    $axi, 806 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index
Note:Content 505 00 $tAmerica's experiment with capital punishment /$rJames R. Acker -- $tAmerican death penalty opinion: past, present, future /$rRobert M. Bohm -- $tJudical developments in capital punishment law /$rCarol S. Steiker -- $tBeyond human ability? The rise and fall of death penalty litigation /$rJames R. Acker -- $gThe $tpolitics of capital punishment: the sacrifice of fairness for executions /$rStephen B. Bright -- $gThe $tinfluence of international law and practice on the death penalty in the United States /$rRichard J. Wilson -- $tRoots /$rRobert Blecker -- $tJustice deterrence and the death penalty /$rErnest van den Haag -- $tIs capital punishment an effective deterrent for murder? an examination of social science research /$rRuth Peterson -- $tFuture dangerousness and incapacitation /$rJon Sorensen -- $tExecuting women, juveniles, and the mentally retarded: second class citizens in capital punishment /$rVictor Streib -- $gThe $texecution of the innocent /$rMichael L. Radelet -- $tClosing the circle: The illusion of lawyers for people litigating for their lives at the Fin de Siecle /$rMichael Mello -- $tStacking the deck for guilt and death: The failure of death qualification to ensure impartiality /$rMarla Sandys.
Note:Content 505 80 $gThe $tcapital sentencing decision: guided discretion, reasoned moral judgement or legal fiction /$rWilliam J. Bowers -- $tMitigation and the study of lives: on the roots of violent criminality and the nature of capital justice /$rCraig Haney -- $tRace discrimination and the death penalty: an empirical and legal overview /$rDavid C. Baldus -- $tFederal habeas corpus in capital cases /$rEric Freedman -- $gThe $teconomic costs of capital punishment: past, present, future /$rRobert M. Bohm -- $t"Above all do no harm": the role of health and mental health professionals in the capital punishment process /$rCharles Patrick Ewing -- $gThe $timpact of the death penalty on the families of the homicide victims and of condemed prisioners /$rMargaret Vandiver -- $tLife under sentence of death: historical and contemporary perspectives /$rRobert Johnson -- $gThe $tevolving role of clemency in capital cases /$rDaniel T. Kobil -- $tLethally humane? the evolution of execution methods in the United States /$rDeborah W. Denno.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aAcker, James R.,$d1951-
AE:Pers Name 700 $aBohm, Robert M.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aLanier, Charles S.,$d1950-