Arbitrary and capricious : the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the death penalty
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KF9227.C2 F65 2003
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KF9227.C2 F65 2003
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x, 253 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"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.
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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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Foley, M. A. (2003). Arbitrary and capricious: the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the death penalty . Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Foley, Michael A. 2003. Arbitrary and Capricious: The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the Death Penalty. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Foley, Michael A. Arbitrary and Capricious: The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the Death Penalty Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Foley, M. A. (2003). Arbitrary and capricious: the supreme court, the constitution, and the death penalty. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Foley, Michael A. Arbitrary and Capricious: The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the Death Penalty Praeger, 2003.
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