Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
To Establish Rational Criteria for the Imposition of Capital Punishment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
To Establish Constitutional Procedures for the Imposition of Capital Punishment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and ProceduresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Imposition of Capital Punishment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and ProceduresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Imposition of Capital Punishment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Case Against the Death Penalty
Author: Hugo Adam BedauPublisher:
ISBN: 9780914031017
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Federal Capital Offenses
Author: Capital Punishment
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Moving 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.
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Author: Deterrence and the Death Penalty
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309254167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions. Some studies have concluded that the threat of capital punishment deters murders, saving large numbers of lives; other studies have concluded that executions actually increase homicides; still others, that executions have no effect on murder rates. Commentary among researchers, advocates, and policymakers on the scientific validity of the findings has sometimes been acrimonious. Against this backdrop, the National Research Council report Deterrence and the Death Penalty assesses whether the available evidence provides a scientific basis for answering questions of if and how the death penalty affects homicide rates. This new report from the Committee on Law and Justice concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases, or has no effect on these rates. The key question is whether capital punishment is less or more effective as a deterrent than alternative punishments, such as a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet none of the research that has been done accounted for the possible effect of noncapital punishments on homicide rates. The report recommends new avenues of research that may provide broader insight into any deterrent effects from both capital and noncapital punishments.