Anthony Santoro has written a new book about religious perspectives on the death penalty, Exile and Embrace: Contemporary Religious Discourse on the Death Penalty (2013). In describing the book, John D. Bessler, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, said, “Santoro tells the stories of everyone from death row chaplains to bloggers and Bible study participants. In discussing transgression, retribution, and ‘the other,’ he skillfully demonstrates how executions say more about us than about the offenders.” Santoro is a postdoctoral fellow at Heidelberg University in Germany.
Johnson, David T. and Zimringin his book The Next Frontier: National Development, political change and death penalty in Asia (2009) gives an overview of death penalty in Asia with reference to retentionist
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Websites
A number of standard websites such as Death penalty projects, Law Commission of India, etc. were visited and consulted for latest information on various issues; a detailed list of all these websites is given in the internet reference section of the bibliography.
b. Newspapers
Some national dailies like The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Times of India, and The Hindustan Times etc. were also overviewed on day to day basis for latest news regarding Capital Punishment. A list of these dailies is also given in the newspaper section of the bibliography.
c. Magazines
The legal magazines like Judicial Times, Criminal law journal, Criminal Judgments were consulted for updated information on Capital Punishment. A list of such magazines is provided in the magazine section of the Bibliography.
1.7 Research scheme
Chapter 1 - Introductory Remarks
In this chapter I have discussed the introduction of my research, its aim and object and need to review the law regarding Capital punishment in the light of current changing scenario. Further, it gives an overview of literature and describes the methodology employed.
Chapter 2 – Evolution & Historical Background of Capital