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Cruel & Unusual

The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment

By: John D. Bessler

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Cruel & Unusual

The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment

By: John D. Bessler

This indispensable history of the Eighth Amendment and the founders' views of capital punishment is also a passionate call for the abolition of the death penalty based on the notion of cruel and unusual punishment

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1555537170

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9781555537173

Legacy of Violence

Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

By: John D. Bessler

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Legacy of Violence

Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

By: John D. Bessler

The first comprehensive history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions in Minnesota. Minnesota is one of only twelve states that does not allow the death penalty, but that was not always the case. In fact, until 1911 executions in the state were legal and frequently carried out. In Legacy of Violence, John D. Bessler takes us on a compelling journey through the history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions that dramatically shaped Minnesota's past." "Through personal accounts of those involved with the events, Bessler traces the history of both famous and lesser-known executions and lynchings in Minnesota, the state's anti-death penalty and anti-lynching movements, and the role of the media in the death penalty debate. Bessler reveals Abraham Lincoln' thoughts as he ordered the largest mass execution in U. S. history of thirty-eight Indians in Mankato after the Dakota Conflict of 1862. He recounts the events surrounding the death of Ann Bilansky, the only woman ever executed in Minnesota, and the infamous botched hanging of William Williams, which led to renewed calls for the abolition of capital punishment. He tells the story of the 1920 lynching in Duluth of three African-Americans circus workers - wrongfully accused of rape - and the anti-lynching crusade that followed. The significant role that Minnesota played in America's transformation to private, after-dark executions is presented in the discussion of the "midnight assassination law."" "Bessler's account is made more timely by thirty-five hundred people on death row in America today - more than at any other time in our nation's history. Is Minnesota's current approach superior to that of states that have capital punishment? Bessler looks at Minnesota history to ask whether the application of the death penalty can truly solve the problem of violence in America."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816638101

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Cruel & Unusual

The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment

By: John D. Bessler

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1555537162

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9781555537166

Professional Responsibility

Student Guide, 2008-2009 Ed.

By: Ronald D. Rotunda,John S. Dzienkowski

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Professional Responsibility

Student Guide, 2008-2009 Ed.

By: Ronald D. Rotunda,John S. Dzienkowski

This book on legal ethics is the premier text that examines the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, the American Law Institute's new Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, and the case law. The book is analytical, concise, and thorough. Empirical studies show that many lawyers are unaware of even basic information about legal ethics, the law governing lawyers. Older lawyers, who draw a disproportionate number of malpractice suits, often have neither formally studied ethics nor kept up with developments in the law. Many malpractice suits arise out of ethics violations, such as disqualification of lawyers for conflicts of interest, multi-disciplinary practice, and the attorney-client evidentiary and ethical privilege. The Ethics Rules are law typically adopted by court rule in the same way that the Rules of Civil Procedure are law. These Ethics Rules are just as complex as the Civil Practice Rules or the Evidence Rules. Many of the Ethics Rules cannot be known through some sort of innate or hereditary awareness automatically infused in ordinary human beings once they are admitted to the bar. Unless a student wants to emulate those lawyers who draw a disproportionate number of malpractice suits, he or she will need to understand the law of Legal Ethics. And to do that, one needs this book.

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1332

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West Academic Publishing

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031419598X

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9780314195982

The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights

International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm

By: John Bessler

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The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights

International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm

By: John Bessler

This book details how capital punishment violates universal human rights and traces the evolution of the world's understanding of torture.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108845576

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9781108845571

Cruel & Unusual

The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment

By: John D. Bessler

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The Celebrated Marquis

An Italian Noble and the Making of the Modern World

By: John D. Bessler

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The Celebrated Marquis

An Italian Noble and the Making of the Modern World

By: John D. Bessler

Introduction -- A young nobleman -- The runaway bestseller -- Monarchs and philosophes -- Pride and privilege-and political economy -- The revolutionaries -- The celebrated marquis -- Conclusion

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1611637864

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9781611637861

Legacy of Violence

Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

By: John D. Bessler

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Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota

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Cruel & Unusual

Cruel & Unusual

Legacy of Violence

Legacy of Violence

Cruel & Unusual

Cruel & Unusual

Professional Responsibility

Professional Responsibility

The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights

The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights

Cruel & Unusual

Cruel & Unusual

The Celebrated Marquis

The Celebrated Marquis

Legacy of Violence

Legacy of Violence

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