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Joseph A. Melusky, Keith Alan Pesto
ISBN: 0-313-33558-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33558-7
250 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/2010
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 7/30/2010)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Description: Capital Punishment examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this controversial practice. The authors combine analysis of important issues with excerpts from landmark legal decisions, important documents, survey results, and empirical data.

The first part of the book discusses the origins of the death penalty and traces its development from antiquity to contemporary times. Detailed statistical information about capital punishment is presented and discussed, and the death penalty is considered against a constitutional backdrop with various arguments—for and against—articulated. The second part of the book is devoted to primary source materials, carefully edited to make them accessible and understandable to those who lack formal legal training. A thorough and insightful treatment, Capital Punishment provides both a summary of the current state of capital punishment and a discussion of areas of continuing controversy.
 Title Features:
  • 15 black-and-white photos
  • Excerpts from legal documents, court decisions, and statistical and survey data
  • Timeline
  • Bibliography
About the Author: JOSEPH A. MELUSKY is Professor of Political Science at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of Government and Law and Coordinator of the Political Science and Public Administration/Government Service Programs.

KEITH ALAN PESTO is Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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