Justice in the Shadow of Death: Rethinking Capital and Lesser Punishments

by Michael Davis and Michael Davis

Book Overview

In 1994, Congress established more than sixty new capital crimes with wide public support. Davis argues that, if the U.S. is ever to join the majority of the world in abolishing capital punishment, opponents of the death penalty must make a stronger philosophical case against it. He systematically dissects the arguments in favor of capital punishment and demonstrates why they are philosophically superior to opposing arguments. By connecting the death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847682706
• ISBN13: 9780847682706
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.