POLICY STATEMENT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

• NCJ Number: 2003
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1964
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, APRIL 1964

Annotation

ARGUMENT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY BASED ON LACK OF DETERRENT AFFECT, THE POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE AND DISCRIMINATORY IMPOSITION OF THE SENTENCE.