TY - BOOK AU - Bessler,John D. TI - Cruel & unusual: the American death penalty and the founders' Eighth Amendment SN - 9781555537166 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - KF9227.C2 B478 2012 U1 - 345.73/0773 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Northeastern University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-415) and index; In cold blood -- On crimes and punishments -- The abolitionists -- America's founding fathers -- The Eighth Amendment -- Capital punishment in America -- The road to abolition ER -