Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment - Softcover

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Death Penalty Cases is a textbook studying seminal death penalty cases in the United States. It offers full but carefully edited excerpts from 22 different US Supreme Court cases, along with original supporting materials that are invaluable for a full understanding of the legal perspectives of the subject.

Without taking a side of this controversial issue, this book illuminates the arguments and illustrates the cases that form the framework for the US law on the subject. The editor's keen selection of the material and the quality and extent of his commentary make this textbook a unique and superb educational tool and source of information.

Barry Latzer, JD, Ph.D., is a senior Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches courses on the death penalty, criminal justice, and criminal law. He is the author of numerous articles on criminal law and two books, State Constitutional Criminal Law and State Constitutions and Criminal Justice.

Carefully edited excerpts from 22 US Supreme Court cases.

Outstanding original interpretation and analysis from the author.

A wealth of material on ethics and historical & legal controversies.

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BARRY LATZER is Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a member of the Ph.D. and M.A. faculties in Criminal Justice at the Graduate School and University Center. He received a law degree (J.D.) from Fordham University (1985) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1977). Professor Latzer is also known for his work on state constitutional law, which is the subject of two of his books, State Constitutional Criminal Law (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan, 1995), and State Constitutions and Criminal Justice (Greenwood, 1991). He has published over two dozen scholarly articles and writes a continuing series of articles for the Criminal Law Bulletin, entitled "State Constitutional Developments."

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"an excellent and sorely needed text." John Cochran, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida

"an outstanding casebook-it excels." Roger McDonald, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Very highly recommended for general collections. -M.A. Foley, Marywood University

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