Cruel and unusual
Subtitle: the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment
By: John D. Bessler
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781555537166; 9781555537173
Subjects: Capital punishment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In cold blood; title: On crimes and punishments; title: The abolitionists; title: America's founding fathers; title: The Eighth Amendment; title: Capital punishment in America; title: The road to abolition.