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Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Prologue: Japan's Greatest Quake -- Chapter 1: Earthquake! Tsunami! Meltdown! -- Chapter 2: Energy From The Heart Of Matter -- Chapter 3: Nuclear Reactor Successes And Failures -- Chapter 4: What Went Wrong At Fukushima? -- Chapter 5: Fukushima And Our Energy Future -- Glossary -- Source Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Websites -- Index -- Author's Note -- About The Author/Photo Acknowledgments -- Back Flap -- Back Cover

Does the prospect of possible execution save lives by deterring the act of murder? Heilbrun presents evidence concerning whether state death penalties demonstrate the two necessary properties of a true deterrent. He also analyzes rarely-considered factors that influence the deterrence of murder and discusses the common criticisms of capital punishment

Capital punishment attracts strong and opposing moral positions execution by the state under any condition is wrong versus execution as just retribution for heinous killing. Using evidence from legal history, this book rejects these moral arguments as a basis for determining the social value of death penalty and considers the issue scientifically.