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02143nam a2200325Ia 4500 001 3DF1680462A311DFAF3CE96BC41A358D 003 SILO 005 20220810010424 008 100428s2010 miuab 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781414441153 020 $a 1414441150 035 $a (OCoLC)609878391 040 $a XUA $c XUA $d SILO $d SILO 100 1 $a Evans, Kimberly Masters. 245 1 $a Capital punishment : $b cruel and unusual? / $c Kim Masters Evans. 250 $a 2010 ed. 260 $a Detroit, [Mich.] : $b Gale Cengage Learning, $c c2010. 300 $a viii, 156 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Information plus reference series 490 1 $a Information series on current topics 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a A continuing conflict-a history of capital punishment in the United States -- Supreme Court rulings-constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection, and sentencing procedures -- Supreme Court rulings-circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods -- Supreme Court rulings-mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases -- Death penalty laws: state, federal, and U.S. military -- Statistics: death sentences, capital case costs, and executions -- Issues of fairness: racial bias and quality of legal representation -- Exonerations, moratoriums,and reforms -- Public attitudes toward capital punishment -- Capital punishment around the world -- The debate-capital punishment should be maintained -- The debate-capital punishment should be abolished. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States $x Statistics. 710 2 $a Information Plus (Firm: Wylie, Tex.). 830 0 $a Information plus reference series. 830 0 $a Information series on current topics. 941 $a 1 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20100519081628.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3DF1680462A311DFAF3CE96BC41A358D 994 $a 01 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search