The Death Penalty Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors
, by Heilbrun, Alfred B., Jr.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780761834724 | 0761834729
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/25/2006
Capital punishment attracts strong and opposing moral positions: execution by the state under any condition is wrong versus execution as just retribution for heinous killing. Using evidence from legal history, this book rejects these moral arguments as a basis for determining the social value of the death penalty and considers the issue scientifically by determining whether capital punishment deters willful killing.