Bessler, John D. <br/><br/>
Cruel & unusual :  the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment / 
 Cruel and unusual 
John D. Bessler. 
 - Boston :  Northeastern University Press,  c2012. 
 - xiv, 456 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-415) and index. 
<br/><br/>In cold blood -- On crimes and punishments -- The abolitionists -- America's founding fathers -- The Eighth Amendment -- Capital punishment in America -- The road to abolition. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781555537166 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781555537173 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011034380 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9227.C2  / B478 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.73/0773