The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries. Raising questions
regarding capital punishment rather than answering them, Questioning Capital
Punishment offers the footing needed to allow for more informed consideration
and analysis of these controversies. Acker edits judicial decisions that have
addressed constitutional challenges to capital punishment and its administration
in the United States and uses complementary materials to offer historical,
empirical, and normative perspectives about death penalty policies and
practices. This book is idea for upper-level undergraduate and graduate classes
in criminal justice.