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Stuart Banner’s thoughtful book, The Death Penalty: An American History (2002), serves as the basis of this review essay which explores the forces shaping the nation’s experiences with capital punishment. The essay traces Banner’s account of important death penalty developments throughout American

The death penalty is a live issue in present day Bangladesh. It is actively implemented, defended in the international context, and in some cases debated domestically. According to Amnesty International’s classificatory system, Bangladesh is a “retentionist ” country – that is, it advocates

This article examines the reasons offered by seven New York governors in justification of their decisions to commute death sentences in 159 cases between 1920 and 1970. In doing so, it scrutinizes the common assertion that, in marked contrast to contemporary death penalty cases, merciful

for some of the most despised men and women in America and, within a decade, entirely reframe the long, fierce debate about the death penalty. Baumgartner, De Boef, and Boydstun have written an extraordinary book about the death penalty, policy framing, methodology and—ultimately—American

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The death penalty has been one of the most controversial and divisive issues facing the American public for many years. This study focuses on the merits of the theory of deterrence as applied to capital punishment, which holds that the threat of death will prevent people from committing capital

The modern era of death penalty statutes and procedures were a response to Furman v. Georgia (1972), a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring that the death penalty as it was then being practiced in the United States was unconstitutional. State legislatures throughout the country

ABSTRACT Death penalty has become an engine of controversy in

on death row. A high prevalence ofpsychiatric and neurological disorders are reported on death row. Health professionals have an important role in implementing codes of ethics prohibiting any involvement in the execution process. Resolutions have already been passed by several associations including