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Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Law - Philosophy, History and Sociology of Law, grade: 1, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: Nowadays,

While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views

From 1965 until 1980, there was a virtual moratorium on executions for capital offenses in the United States. This was due primarily to protracted legal proceed

Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached