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Capital Punishment: A Balanced Examination
Evan J. Mandery
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Description for Capital Punishment: A Balanced Examination
Paperback. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1082.
This revised and updated Second Edition is an innovative, balanced, and comprehensive overview of capital punishment. It offers an unbiased examination of the death penalty, supported by statistics and Supreme Court cases, and followed by pro and con discussions. The book addresses every major issue relating to the death penalty including deterrence, racial impact, arbitrariness, its use on special populations, and methods of execution. Designed for the undergraduate and graduate level courses on the death penalty and capital punishment, and even ethics and law, this text challenges students to evaluate their beliefs and assumptions on each of the various issues ... Read more
This revised and updated Second Edition is an innovative, balanced, and comprehensive overview of capital punishment. It offers an unbiased examination of the death penalty, supported by statistics and Supreme Court cases, and followed by pro and con discussions. The book addresses every major issue relating to the death penalty including deterrence, racial impact, arbitrariness, its use on special populations, and methods of execution. Designed for the undergraduate and graduate level courses on the death penalty and capital punishment, and even ethics and law, this text challenges students to evaluate their beliefs and assumptions on each of the various issues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Sudbury, United States
ISBN
9781449605988
SKU
V9781449605988
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About Evan J. Mandery
A former attorney, Professor Mandery has written and taught about the death penalty for the past four years. As an associate at Shearman & Sterling, Professor Mandery represented Alabama death row inmate William Thomas Knotts in his post-conviction appeals. Mandery was the research director on Ruth Messinger's 1997 mayoral bid and wrote a book about that experience, Eyes on ... Read more
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