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- catalog abstract ""Nearly 100 influential Supreme Court capital punishment-related cases from 1878-2002 are examined, beginning with Wilkerson v. Utah, which question not the legitimacy of capital punishment, but the methods of execution. Over time, focus shifted from the constitutionality of certain methods to the fairness of who was being sentenced for capital crimes - and why. The watershed 1972 ruling Furman v. Georgia reversed the Court's stand on capital punishment, holding that the arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. Furman clarified that any new death penalty legislation must contain sentencing procedures that avoid the arbitrary infliction of a life-ending verdict, which led to the current complex tangle of issues surrounding the death penalty and its constitutional viability."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12876111.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Nearly 100 influential Supreme Court capital punishment-related cases from 1878-2002 are examined, beginning with Wilkerson v. Utah, which question not the legitimacy of capital punishment, but the methods of execution. Over time, focus shifted from the constitutionality of certain methods to the fairness of who was being sentenced for capital crimes - and why. The watershed 1972 ruling Furman v. Georgia reversed the Court's stand on capital punishment, holding that the arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- 1. The Supreme Court and the punishment dilemma -- 2. 1878-1971 : initial forays into cruel and unusual punishments -- 3. 1972 : death takes a hiatus -- 4. The Supreme Court since Furman -- 5. The ongoing constitutional debate -- 6. Reflections and conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Table of cases -- Index.".
- catalog description "Furman clarified that any new death penalty legislation must contain sentencing procedures that avoid the arbitrary infliction of a life-ending verdict, which led to the current complex tangle of issues surrounding the death penalty and its constitutional viability."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 253 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Arbitrary and capricious.".
- catalog identifier "0275975878 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Arbitrary and capricious.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Praeger,".
- catalog relation "Arbitrary and capricious.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "345.73/0773 21".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment United States History.".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment United States.".
- catalog subject "Due process of law United States History.".
- catalog subject "Equality before the law United States History.".
- catalog subject "KF9227.C2 F65 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- 1. The Supreme Court and the punishment dilemma -- 2. 1878-1971 : initial forays into cruel and unusual punishments -- 3. 1972 : death takes a hiatus -- 4. The Supreme Court since Furman -- 5. The ongoing constitutional debate -- 6. Reflections and conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Table of cases -- Index.".
- catalog title "Arbitrary and capricious : the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the death penalty / Michael A. Foley.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".