| Autor: |
Breslin, Beau, Howley, John J. P., Appel, Molly |
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Studies in Law, Politics & Society; 2008, Vol. 42, p1-19, 19p |
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This chapter explores how the principles of retribution and deterrence were framed and thus used to justify capital punishment in the early years of the Republic, and how the purposes for capital punishment have changed in the past two centuries. We ask several related questions: (1) Has our understanding of the morality and utility of retributive justice changed so dramatically that the historical argument tying justification for capital punishment to the past now ought to carry less weight? (2) Have our perspectives on the purposes for capital punishment changed in ways that now might call the entire experiment into question? and (3) What, in short, can we say about the historical similarities between arguments concerning retribution and deterrence at the Founding and those same arguments today? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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