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Title:
Capital punishment / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
237 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Capital punishment.
Capital punishment--Cross-cultural studies.
Other Authors:
Berlatsky, Noah.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
French juries should not impose the death penalty for even heinous crimes -- Europe is hypocritical to oppose the death penalty but not abortion -- Thailand's death penalty contradicts Buddhist morality -- The morality of the death penalty in India is unclear -- Judaism supports the death penalty -- In the Caribbean, citizens want the death penalty carried out -- In China, capital punishment is popular for traditional reasons -- In Indonesia, the popularity of the death penalty makes abolition unlikely -- Governments with popular support are more likely to abolish the death penalty -- Positive death penalty attitudes may affect decisions on non-capital sentencing -- Iran must stop executing children -- Saudi Arabia's death penalty process is arbitrary and unjust -- The death penalty in the Palestinian Territories is unconstitutional and unjust -- Japan's death penalty process is shrouded in secrecy -- Singapore's mandatory death penalty is unjust -- Reforms may make China's death penalty process more just -- In Russia, a death penalty moratorium may lead to abolition -- Extradition treaties have restricted the use of the death penalty -- Ukraine abolished the death penalty because of pressure from Europe -- The European Union exerts pressure on the United States to abolish the death penalty -- The United States violated international law in executing Mexican nationals -- Australia should work harder against the death penalty -- The Philippines must do more to help its nationals who face execution abroad.
Series:
Global viewpoints
ISBN:
0737746645 (pbk.)
9780737746648 (pbk.)
0737746637 (hardcover)
9780737746631 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)441153598
LCCN:
2009040117
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
UQAX771 -- Ankeny Campus Library-Des Moines Area Community College (Ankeny)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library-Estherville (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Estherville)
GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)
GAAX314 -- Burton Payne Library (Peosta)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Buena Vista University) (Storm Lake)     ** Lending Suspended
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)
PQAX094 -- Vogel Library (Waverly)

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