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The Death Penalty and Human Rights: U.S. Death Penalty and International Law
Publication year:
2002
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Issues surrounding the abolition of the death penalty are examined. This paper looks at: the trends towards worldwide abolition; human rights as a basis for abolition and reform; the human rights debate; the U.S., human rights, and the death penalty; comparable concepts in the U.S. courts; evolving standards of decency; juvenile offenders; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); other treaties implicating juveniles; innocence and human rights; further applications of international law to the U.S. death penalty; the execution of foreign nationals; the U.S. response; racial bias and human rights; time on death row -- degrading treatment; and time on death row in U.S. courts.