Is the Death Penalty Dying?

By Austin Sarat & Jürgen Martschukat

Is the Death Penalty Dying? - Austin Sarat & Jürgen Martschukat
  • Release Date: 2011-01-31
  • Genre: Law

Description

This book provides an analysis of the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to the present. It assesses what the United States can learn from the European experience with capital punishment, especially the trajectory of abolition in different European nations.