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160 pp.
| Twenty-First Century |
October, 2009 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7613-4079-9$35.93
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YAUSA Today's Debate: Voices and Perspectives series.
This dry but thorough text presents a balanced discussion of the death penalty by placing it in historical, legal, social, and moral contexts. Photographs, personal anecdotes, newspaper articles, graphs, and archival drawings provide additional information and perspectives, making the volume's small font and two-column, textbooklike design appear more approachable. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.