Against the death penalty

Against the death penalty / Justice Stephen Breyer ; edited by John Bessler.

"A landmark dissenting opinion arguing against the death penalty Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen G. Breyer argues that it does: that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently, and thus violates the ban on "cruel and unusual...

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Main Author: Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- (Author)
Other Authors: Bessler, John D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Capital punishment > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Capital punishment
United States
decisions (judicial records)
Court decisions and opinions
Court decisions and opinions.
Recueils de jurisprudence et d'opinions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Front Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Introduction; Justice Breyer's Dissent in Glossip V. Gross; Appendices; Notes; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover.

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