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- catalog abstract ""More than simply a collection of previously published articles, Killing as Punishment represents a unified, interdisciplinary inquiry into several major issues raised by the death penalty. The essays have been revised and updated to survey the current state of the death penalty against the background of the past half-century. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the field, Bedau addresses topics such as strong public support for the death penalty, wrongful convictions in capital cases, the disappearance of executive clemency, constitutional argument surrounding the Eighth Amendment, and procedural reforms under consideration that move toward abolition."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13078632.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""More than simply a collection of previously published articles, Killing as Punishment represents a unified, interdisciplinary inquiry into several major issues raised by the death penalty. The essays have been revised and updated to survey the current state of the death penalty against the background of the past half-century. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the field, Bedau addresses topics such as strong public support for the death penalty, wrongful convictions in capital cases, the disappearance of executive clemency, constitutional argument surrounding the Eighth Amendment, and procedural reforms under consideration that move toward abolition."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The death penalty in America, yesterday and today -- American populism: witnesses to an execution -- Convicting and executing the innocent -- Executive clemency in capital cases -- The choice between imprisonment and death -- A moral reading of the Eighth Amendment -- Human dignity and the Eighth Amendment -- Using moral principles to argue about the death penalty -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xi, 241 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "155553595X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.66/0973 22".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment United States.".
- catalog subject "HV8699.U5 .B43 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The death penalty in America, yesterday and today -- American populism: witnesses to an execution -- Convicting and executing the innocent -- Executive clemency in capital cases -- The choice between imprisonment and death -- A moral reading of the Eighth Amendment -- Human dignity and the Eighth Amendment -- Using moral principles to argue about the death penalty -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Killing as punishment : reflection on the death penalty in America / Hugo Adam Bedau.".
- catalog type "text".