Encyclopedia of Capitol Punishment in the United States by Louis J. Palmer Jr.

By Louis J. Palmer Jr.

This up to date encyclopedia offers prepared info on all features of capital punishment in the USA. It information almost each capital punishment determination rendered via the U.S. superb court docket via 2006, together with greater than forty instances made up our minds considering the fact that e-book of the 1st version. Entries also are supplied for every ultimate court docket Justice who has ever rendered a capital punishment opinion. Entries on jurisdictions cite present-day dying penalty legislation and judicial constitution nation by means of kingdom, with synopses of universal and exact positive factors. additionally integrated are entries on major U.S. capital prosecutions; criminal ideas and strategies in capital situations; corporations that aid and oppose capital punishment; capital punishment's influence on folks of African, Asian, Hispanic, and local American descent, on ladies, and on overseas nationals; and the tools of execution. crucial evidence also are supplied on capital punishment in additional than 2 hundred different international locations. A wealth of statistical info is located all through.

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See also Moratorium on Capital Punishment American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded by Roger Baldwin in 1920. It was the first public interest law firm of its kind. ACLU is a nonprofit public interest organization devoted exclusively to protecting the basic civil liberties of all Americans. ACLU is supported by annual dues and contributions from its members, and grants from private foundations and individuals. The stated mission of ACLU is to assure that the federal, constitutional Bill of Rights is preserved, protected, and enforced.

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