| Fighting the Death Penalty: A Fifty-Year Journey of Argument and Persuasion Contributor(s): Wanger, Eugene G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611862310 ISBN-13: 9781611862317 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Law | Criminal Law - Sentencing - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 364.660 |
| LCCN: 2016027754 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution--Eugene G. Wanger's compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti-death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wanger, Eugene G.: - Lawyer, author, and longtime opponent of capital punishment Eugene G. Wanger received the Champion of Justice Award from the Michigan Bar and is the author of the state's constitutional ban of the death penalty. He has been a member of the legal profession for over half a century. |