Death Penalty: Beyond Abolition

by Roger Hood

Europe is today the only region in the world where the death penalty has been almost completely abolished. In the Council of Europe's 45 member states, including the European Union's 15 member states and its 13 candidate countries, capital punishment is no longer applied. The Council of Europe believes that the death penalty has no place in democratic societies under any circumstances. This book reviews the long and sometimes tortuous path to abolition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9287153337
• ISBN13: 9789287153333
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Council of Europe
• Length: 250 Pages