Capital punishment / Noah Berlatsky, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 237 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Global viewpoints . - Global viewpoints. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

French juries should not impose the death penalty for even heinous crimes / Europe is hypocritical to oppose the death penalty but not abortion / Thailand's death penalty contradicts Buddhist morality / The morality of the death penalty in India is unclear / Judaism supports the death penalty / In the Caribbean, citizens want the death penalty carried out / In China, capital punishment is popular for traditional reasons / In Indonesia, the popularity of the death penalty makes abolition unlikely / Governments with popular support are more likely to abolish the death penalty / Positive death penalty attitudes may affect decisions on non-capital sentencing / Iran must stop executing children / Saudi Arabia's death penalty process is arbitrary and unjust / The death penalty in the Palestinian Territories is unconstitutional and unjust / Japan's death penalty process is shrouded in secrecy / Singapore's mandatory death penalty is unjust / Reforms may make China's death penalty process more just / In Russia, a death penalty moratorium may lead to abolition / Extradition treaties have restricted the use of the death penalty / Ukraine abolished the death penalty because of pressure from Europe / The European Union exerts pressure on the United States to abolish the death penalty / The United States violated international law in executing Mexican nationals / Australia should work harder against the death penalty / The Philippines must do more to help its nationals who face execution abroad / Robert Badinter -- John Jalsevac -- Danthong Breen -- Vir Sanghvi -- Steven Plaut -- Darcus Howe -- Virgil K.Y. Ho -- Community of Sant'Egidio -- Carsten Anckar -- Stuart J. McKelvie -- Human Rights Watch -- Christoph Wilcke -- Palestinian Centre for Human Rights -- Charles Lane -- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre -- Hong Lu, Terance D. Miethe -- Victoria Sergeyeva, Kester Kenn Klomegah -- William A. Schabas -- Sangmin Bae -- European Union Insight -- Kate Randall -- Michael Fullilove -- Aubrey S. C. Makilan.

ISBN: 9780737746631 (hardcover) 9780737746648 (pbk.) 0737746637 (hardcover) 0737746645 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009040117

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Capital punishment.
Capital punishment--Cross-cultural studies.

LC Class. No.: HV8694 / .C2845 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 364.66