MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008041094
003 DLC
005 20090901083233.0
008 080917s2008 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008041094
020 $a9781593455750 (softbound)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aKF9227.C2$bD4117 2008
082 00 $a345.73/0773$222
245 04 $aThe death penalty :$bconstitutional issues, commentaries, and case briefs /$cRolando V. del Carmen ... [et al.].
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNewark, NJ :$bLexisNexis Matthew Bender,$c2008.
300 $axxiii, 421 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe death penalty : past and present -- The foundation cases : Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia -- Racial discrimination and the death penalty -- The mentally impaired and the death penalty -- Death penalty for juveniles -- Juries, jurors, and the death penalty -- The right to effective assistance of counsel and the death penalty -- Due process and the death penalty -- Aggravating and mitigating factors in death penalty cases -- Appeals, habeas corpus, and the death penalty -- Evolving standards of decency and the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment -- Other issues, trends, and the future of the death penalty.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States.
700 1 $aDel Carmen, Rolando V.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008041094.html