The death penalty
Subtitle: America's experience with capital punishment
By: Raymond Paternoster, Robert Brame, Sarah Bacon.
Contributors: Brame, Robert, 1964-; Bacon, Sarah, 1975-
Publisher: Roxbury Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933220147
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States; Capital punishment -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The enduring legacy of capital punishment in the United States; title: The legal history and constitutional status of capital punishment in the United States; title: Common justifications for the death penalty; title: Race, the law, and punishment; title: Race and capital punishment; title: Problems in administering the death penalty; title: Capital punishment in America's future.