Capital Punishment.

Discusses 1976 Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of the death penalty for homicide, rape, and other offenses; examines issue of whether State and Federal statutes meet Supreme Court constitutionality standards; and presents arguments for and against the continuation of capital punishm...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1979-1980.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Capital punishment. Constitutional law. Homicide. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses 1976 Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of the death penalty for homicide, rape, and other offenses; examines issue of whether State and Federal statutes meet Supreme Court constitutionality standards; and presents arguments for and against the continuation of capital punishment.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.