{"product_id":"capital-punishment-joseph-a-melusky-9780313335587","title":"Capital Punishment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis balanced approach to legal precedent and moral argument regarding the death penalty presents the evidence so readers can reach their own informed conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this controversial practice. The authors combine analysis of important issues with excerpts from landmark legal decisions, important documents, survey results, and empirical data. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first part of the book discusses the origins of the death penalty and traces its development from antiquity to contemporary times. Detailed statistical information about capital punishment is presented and discussed, and the death penalty is considered against a constitutional backdrop with various arguments--for and against--articulated. The second part of the book consists of three appendices. The first appendix presents an annotated list of important capital-punishment cases; the second supplies a more general chronological treatment of capital punishment; and the third provides a bibliographic essay directing readers to other relevant sources of interest. A thorough and insightful treatment, \u003ci\u003eCapital Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e provides both a summary of the current state of capital punishment and a discussion of areas of continuing controversy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph A. Melusky, Keith A. Pesto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313335583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313335587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 140","brand":"Joseph A. Melusky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119576576255,"sku":"9780313335587","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4223c06-e370-47a2-a186-685467df8d2d.jpg?v=1687409993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capital-punishment-joseph-a-melusky-9780313335587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}