Against the death penalty : Christian and secular arguments against capital punishment / Gardner C. Hanks.
Material type: TextPublication details: Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585224102
- 9780585224107
- 364.66 21
- HV8694 .H25 1997eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Life for life? : Old Testament perspectives -- One without sin : New Testament perspectives -- Opposition to the death penalty to 1700 -- Modern opposition to the death penalty -- Deterrence? : social and psychological factors say no -- Deterrence? : statistics say no -- The death penalty and repeat offenders -- What about the victims? -- The death penalty and race -- The death penalty and the mentally retarded -- Capital punishment for people with no capital -- The innocent have been executed -- The cost of death -- The effects on society -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- What do we want?
English.
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