Author: Eric Roy CalvertPublisher: London : V. Gollancz
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Death Penalty Enquiry, Being a Review of the Evidence Before the Select Committee on Capital Punishment, 1930
Author: Eric Roy CalvertPublisher: London : V. Gollancz
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century
Author: E. Roy CalvertCapital Punishment in the Twentieth Century
Author: Eric R. CalvertThe Death Penalty Enquiry
Author: Eric Roy CalvertThe Death Penalty Enquiry, First Published 1931
Author: Eric Roy CalvertMoving Away from the Death Penalty
Author: Ivan ŠimonovićPublisher: UN
ISBN: 9789211542158
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Capital punishment is irrevocable. It prohibits the correction of mistakes by the justice system and leaves no room for human error, with the gravest of consequences. There is no evidence of a deterrent effect of the death penalty. Those sacrificed on the altar of retributive justice are almost always the most vulnerable. This book covers a wide range of topics, from the discriminatory application of the death penalty, wrongful convictions, proven lack of deterrence effect, to legality of the capital punishment under international law and the morality of taking of human life.
Debating the Death Penalty
Author: Hugo Adam BedauPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974100X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
When news breaks that a convicted murderer, released from prison, has killed again, or that an innocent person has escaped the death chamber in light of new DNA evidence, arguments about capital punishment inevitably heat up. Few controversies continue to stir as much emotion as this one, and public confusion is often the result. This volume brings together seven experts--judges, lawyers, prosecutors, and philosophers--to debate the death penalty in a spirit of open inquiry and civil discussion. Here, as the contributors present their reasons for or against capital punishment, the multiple facets of the issue are revealed in clear and thought-provoking detail. Is the death penalty a viable deterrent to future crimes? Does the imposition of lesser penalties, such as life imprisonment, truly serve justice in cases of the worst offences? Does the legal system discriminate against poor or minority defendants? Is the possibility of executing innocent persons sufficient grounds for abolition? In confronting such questions and making their arguments, the contributors marshal an impressive array of evidence, both statistical and from their own experiences working on death penalty cases. The book also includes the text of Governor George Ryan's March 2002 speech in which he explained why he had commuted the sentences of all prisoners on Illinois's death row. By representing the viewpoints of experts who face the vexing questions about capital punishment on a daily basis, Debating the Death Penalty makes a vital contribution to a more nuanced understanding of the moral and legal problems underlying this controversy.
Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century
Author: Eric Roy CalvertPublisher: Montclair, N.J : Patterson Smith
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century, Fifth Edition Revised, 1936 & The Death Penalty Enquiry, First Published 1931
Author: Eric Roy CalvertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Killing as Punishment
Author: Hugo Adam BedauPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555535957
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Hugo Bedau has commanded a long and distinguished career as one of the most widely respected opponents of capital punishment. His work has addressed a variety of perspectives in the death penalty debate, from execution of the innocent to the philosophical and moral grounds for abolition. Now his essays from the last fifteen years appear together in one volume. More than simply a collection of previously published articles, Killing as Punishment represents a unified, interdisciplinary inquiry into several of the major empirical and normative 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, and are divided along two major axes: one detailing a range of facts raised by the controversy over capital punishment, the other presenting a critical evaluation of the subject from a constitutional and ethical point of view. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the field, Bedau addresses topics that include strong public support for the death penalty, wrongful convictions in capital cases, the disappearance of executive clemency, constitutional arguments surrounding t