Art
Against the Death Penalty Book
- Item Number
- 160
- Estimated Value
- 15 USD
- Sold
- 23 USD to ab5137b2b
- Number of Bids
- 6 - Bid History
Item Description
Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues that it does; that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently and, thus, violates the ban on "cruel and unusual punishments" specified by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
“Today’s administration of the death penalty,” Breyer writes, “involves three fundamental constitutional defects: (1) serious unreliability, (2) arbitrariness in application, and (3) unconscionably long delays that undermine the death penalty’s penological purpose. Perhaps as a result, (4) most places within the United States have abandoned its use.
Donated by Professor John Bessler
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