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Capital punishment will not go away. The latest events bringing the issue to the forefront of society are the Washington snipers, terrorism and the spate of cases of innocent death-row individuals proven by DNA analysis. This vexing societal issue will no doubt be impacted in America by pro-capital punishment views of the present administration in Washington.
Contents
ContentsPunishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes; The Death Penalty Before the Supreme Court: Capital Punishment 1987-1995; Capital Punishment: Summary of the Supreme Court Decisions of the 1998-99 Term; Capital Punishment: Summary of the Supreme Court Decisions of the 1999-00 Term; Death to Drug Dealers? Constitutional Impediments to Imposition of the Death Penalty Upon Continuing Criminal Entrepreneurs; Supreme Court Decisions and Overview of Capital Punishment for the Mentally Retarded; Capital Punishment: Bibliography-in-Brief; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: A Summary; Index.NER(01): GB IE
