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The Eighth Amendment : an illustrated history

"Today, our interest in "cruel and unusual punishment" centers on the death penalty. But, as made clear in this book, it has been viewed with different perspective in different ages. Medieval Christians saw the death penalty as a means of obtaining God's grace and treated executi...

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Main Author: McWhirter, Robert James, 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tempe, AZ : Constitution Press, 2017.
Subjects and Genres:
United States. > Constitution. > 8th Amendment
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
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Call Number: KF 4750 .M39 2017 v. 8
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