The Death Penalty Today
Publisher: CRC; CRC Press
Published: April 8, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781420070118
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Criminal Law - General; Law / Criminal Law; Forensic Science; Government & Business; Capital punishment; Moral and ethical aspects; United States
Description: "More than 30 years alter the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, it is still plagued with egregious problems. Issues of wrongful conviction, inhumane practices, and its efficacy as a deterrent are hotly debated topics. As of August 2007, two-thirds of the world's countries have abolished the death penalty. Today, the US falls alongside Iran, lraq, Sudan, China, and Pakistan as countries that continue to believe the death penalty is a necessary and productive practice." "With lucid arguments supported by verifiable statistics and export opinion, The Death Penalty Today provides a sober look at the death penalty in the US and begs the question of when, not if, the US will join the majority of the civilized world in its abolition."--book jacket.