Cruel & Unusual

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Author	: John D. Bessler
Publisher	: UPNE
Total Pages	: 474
Release	: 2012
ISBN-10	: 9781555537173
ISBN-13	: 1555537170
Rating	: 4/5 (73 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Cruel & Unusual by : John D. Bessler

Book excerpt: This indispensable history of the Eighth Amendment and the founders' views of capital punishment is also a passionate call for the abolition of the death penalty based on the notion of cruel and unusual punishment

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