Capital Punishment: A Reference Handbook

Contemporary World Issues

by Michael Kronenwetter

This revised edition of a perennial bestseller, with more than 50 percent new material, is a much-needed overview of a hotly debated topic. Primary documents including the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the death penalty; "Evangelium Vitae," Pope John Paul's encyclical letter opposing the death penalty; and the South African court opinion abolishing the death penalty Lists of organizations in the United States and abroad, mostly devoted to the abolition of the death penalty

1 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1993