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Civil Rights in the United States

Eighth Amendment & Capital Punishment

Amendment VIII:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Capital Punishment:

"A criminal penalty that involves killing the perpetrator; the sentence of death for a serious crime. — Also termed death penalty." Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019)

Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers by Jon B. Gould, Maya Pagni Barak
Call Number: KF9227.C2 G685 2019 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9781479873753
Publication Date: 2019
Also available via JSTOR online access.
Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty by Frank Baumgartner, Marty Davidson, et al.
Call Number: KF9227.C2 D39 2018
ISBN: 9780190841546
Publication Date: 2018
The Baron and the Marquis: Liberty, Tyranny, and the Enlightenment Maxim That Can Remake American Criminal Justice by John D. Bessler
Call Number: KF9225 .B49 2019
ISBN: 9781531013059
Publication Date: 2019
Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty: Current Issues and Controversies by Marc J. Tassé, John H. Blume
Call Number: KF9227.C2 T37 2018
ISBN: 9781440840142
Publication Date: 2018
Final Judgments: The Death Penalty in American Law and Culture by Austin Sarat (Editor)
Call Number: KF9227.C2 F548 2017 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9781107155480
Publication Date: 2017
Also available via Cambridge Core online access.
Against the Death Penalty by Steven Breyer, John D. Bessler
Call Number: KF9227.C2 B74 2016 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780815728894
Publication Date: 2016
Also available via JSTOR online access.
Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment by Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker
Call Number: KF9227.C2 S74 2016 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780674737426
Publication Date: 2016
Also available via ProQuest e-book access.
Race and the Death Penalty: The Legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp by David P. Keys, R. J. Maratea (Editors)
Call Number: KF9227.C2 R33 2016
ISBN: 9781626373563
Publication Date: 2016
Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment by John D. Bessler
Call Number: KF9227.C2 B478 2012
ISBN: 9781555537166
Publication Date: 2012
Who Deserves to Die?: Constructing the Executable Subject by Austin Sarat (Editor); Karl Shoemaker (Editor)
Call Number: HV8699.U5 W49 2011
ISBN: 9781558498839
Publication Date: 2011
Death Penalty in a Nutshell by Victor L. Streib, Sam Kamin, et al.
Call Number: E-book access via West Academic Study Aids
ISBN: 9781634603027
Publication Date: 5th ed., 2017
Access to e-book version limited to U of M Law students, faculty, and staff.
Print copy available on Reserve KF9227.C2 S77 2017
Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America by David M. Oshinsky
Call Number: KF9227.C2 O83 2010
ISBN: 9780700617111
Publication Date: 2010
Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case by Hugo Adam Bedau; Paul G Cassell
Call Number: HV8699.U5 D635 2004 (Available online see below)
Publication Date: 2004
Also available via EBSCOhost online access.
Rights of Prisoners by Michael B. Mushlin
Call Number: KF9731 .G6 2017 (Available online see below)
Publication Date: 5th ed., 2017 (Updated periodically)
Also available online via Westlaw (U of M Law faculty, student, and staff only).
The Death Penalty in the United States: A Complete Guide to Federal and State Laws, 2nd edition by Louis J. Palmer, Jr.
Call Number: KF9725 .P35 2014
ISBN: 9780786476602
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2014
Understanding Capital Punishment Law by Linda E. Carter, Ellen Kreitzberg, et.al.
Call Number: E-book access via Carolina Academic Press Study Aids
ISBN: 9781531008567
Publication Date: 4th ed., 2018
Access to e-book version limited to U of M Law students, faculty, and staff.
Print copy available on Reserve KF9227.C2 C37x 2018
Capital Punishment's Collateral Damage by Robert M. Bohm
Call Number: HV8699.U5 B64 2013
ISBN: 9781611632095
Publication Date: 2012
Death Penalty Stories (Law Stories Series) by John H. Blume, Jordan M. Steiker
Call Number: E-book access via West Academic Study Aids
ISBN: 9781599413433
Publication Date: 2009
Access to e-book version limited to U of M Law students, faculty, and staff.
Print copy available on Reserve KF9227.C2 D425 2009
The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment by Raymond Paternoster, Robert Brame, et al.
Call Number: HV8699.U5 P373 2008
ISBN: 9780195332421
Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States by Louis J. Palmer
Call Number: HV8694 .P35 2008
ISBN: 9780786432639
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2008
Mental Disability and the Death Penalty: The Shame of the States by Michael L. Perlin
Call Number: KF9227.C2 P47 2013
ISBN: 9781442200562
Publication Date: 2013
The Death Penalty (Concepts and Insights Series) by Brandon L. Garrett, Lee B. Kovarsky
Call Number: E-book access via West Academic Study Aids
ISBN: 9781634603218
Publication Date: 2018
Access to e-book version limited to U of M Law students, faculty, and staff.
Print copy available on Reserve KF9227.C2 G37 2018

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