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200 10$aCruel and unusual$b[electronic resource] $ethe American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment /$fJohn D. Bessler
210   $aBoston $cNortheastern University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (473 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-55553-716-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIn cold blood -- On crimes and punishments -- The abolitionists -- America's founding fathers -- The Eighth Amendment -- Capital punishment in America -- The road to abolition.
330   $aThis 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
606   $aCapital punishment$zUnited States
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