Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment

by John D. Bessler

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The conventional wisdom is that the founders were avid death penalty supporters. In this fascinating and insightful examination of America's Eighth Amendment, law professor John D. Bessler explodes this myth and shows the founders' conflicting and ambivalent views on capital punishment. Cruel and Unusual takes the reader back in time to show how the indiscriminate use of executions gave way to a more enlightened approach--one that has been evolving...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1555538258

ISBN13:9781555538255

Release Date:August 2013

Publisher:Northeastern University Press

Length:472 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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