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    Constitutional, philosophical and historical perspectives of the capital punishment debate in Australia and the United States

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    Authors
    Moens, Gabriel
    Thompson, A.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Moens, Gabriel and Thompson, A. 2012. Constitutional, philosophical and historical perspectives of the capital punishment debate in Australia and the United States. Acta Universitatis George Bacovia: Juridica. 1 (2): pp. 5-35.
    Source Title
    Acta Universitatis George Bacovia. Juridica
    ISSN
    22850171
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34193
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Capital punishment has been abolished in all Australian States. However, public demands for the reintroduction of the death penalty continue to be heard intermittently in Australia, especially after a gruesome murder or other atrocity. A discussion of the appropriateness and desirability (as opposed to the legality or illegality) of the death penalty is never completely removed from the Australian and American political agenda. An objective observer cannot fail to notice that, in general, such discussion is often carried on by people who have preconceived and inflexible views. An inevitable result is the polarisation of the capital punishment debate. In these circumstances, an insistence on cogent reasoning is clearly warranted.

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