Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index

History of the death penalty in the United States : the pre-furman period (1608-1972) -- Capital punishment and the supreme court -- The death penalty at the federal level and in the military -- Methods of execution -- General deterrence and the death penalty -- Incapacitation and costs of capital punishment -- Miscarriages of justice and the death penalty -- Arbitrariness and discrimination in the administration of the death penalty -- Retribution, religion, and capital punishment -- American death penalty opinion

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