Killing as punishment: reflections on the death penalty in America

Introduction -- 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...

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Main Author: Bedau, Hugo Adam 1926-2012 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Northeastern University Press 2004
In:Year: 2004
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 557
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Keywords:
Capital Punishment > United States
Capital Punishment > Political aspects > United States
Capital Punishment > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
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Summary:Introduction -- 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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-232) and index
Physical Description:XI, 241 S.
ISBN:1-55553-595-X