Capital punishment
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Global viewpoints; Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780737746631; 9780737746648
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: French juries should not impose the death penalty for even heinous crimes  -- Robert Badinter; title: Europe is hypocritical to oppose the death penalty but not abortion  -- John Jalsevac; title: Thailand's death penalty contradicts Buddhist morality  -- Danthong Breen; title: The morality of the death penalty in India is unclear  -- Vir Sanghvi; title: Judaism supports the death penalty  -- Steven Plaut; title: In the Caribbean, citizens want the death penalty carried out  -- Darcus Howe; title: In China, capital punishment is popular for traditional reasons  -- Virgil K.Y. Ho; title: In Indonesia, the popularity of the death penalty makes abolition unlikely  -- Community of Sant'Egidio; title: Governments with popular support are more likely to abolish the death penalty  -- Carsten Anckar; title: Positive death penalty attitudes may affect decisions on non-capital sentencing  -- Stuart J. McKelvie; title: Iran must stop executing children  -- Human Rights Watch; title: Saudi Arabia's death penalty process is arbitrary and unjust  -- Christoph Wilcke; title: The death penalty in the Palestinian Territories is unconstitutional and unjust  -- Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; title: Japan's death penalty process is shrouded in secrecy  -- Charles Lane; title: Singapore's mandatory death penalty is unjust  -- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre; title: Reforms may make China's death penalty process more just  -- Hong Lu, -- Terance D. Miethe; title: In Russia, a death penalty moratorium may lead to abolition  -- Victoria Sergeyeva, -- Kester Kenn Klomegah; title: Extradition treaties have restricted the use of the death penalty  -- William A. Schabas; title: Ukraine abolished the death penalty because of pressure from Europe  -- Sangmin Bae; title: The European Union exerts pressure on the United States to abolish the death penalty  -- European Union Insight; title: The United States violated international law in executing Mexican nationals  -- Kate Randall; title: Australia should work harder against the death penalty  -- Michael Fullilove; title: The Philippines must do more to help its nationals who face execution abroad -- Aubrey S. C. Makilan.