| Fighting the Death Penalty: A Fifty-Year Journey of Argument and Persuasion Contributor(s): Wanger, Eugene G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611863686 ISBN-13: 9781611863680 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - Sentencing - Social Science | Criminology - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" 300 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution--Eugene G. Wanger's compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti-death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made. |