Cruel & Unusual

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Cruel & Unusual
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Publisher : UPNE
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781555537173
ISBN-13 : 1555537170
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Book Synopsis Cruel & Unusual by : John D. Bessler

Book excerpt: This indispensable history of the Eighth Amendment and the founders' views of capital punishment is also a passionate call for the abolition of the death penalty based on the notion of cruel and unusual punishment


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