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| 345.44/DAVIS The return of Martin Guerre / | 345.73025/RICE The O.J. Simpson trial / | 345.730/DECKER Controversies in Criminal Justice./ | 345.730/MELUSKY Cruel and unusual punishment | 345/PER The high life : | 345.02/COL No equal justice : race and class in the American criminal justice system / | 345.73/FLO Doomed : Sacco, Vanzetti, and the end of the American dream / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index.
Introduction -- Origins and early development -- Twentieth-century issues -- Into the twenty-first century -- Key people, laws, and events -- Documents.
The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution created one of America's most valued freedoms but also one of its greatest controversies. On 184 separate occasions, the Supreme Court had to decide what constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment". This work helps readers makes sense of the controversy.
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