Fighting the death penalty : a fifty-year journey of argument and persuasion / Eugene G. Wanger.

By: Wanger, Eugene G [author.]Contributor(s): JStor - EBAMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781609175160 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States | HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) | Capital punishment | United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | Internet resources.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 364.660973 LOC classification: HV8698 .W25 2017Online resources: e-book Full-text access | e-book Full-text access
Contents:
Foreword, by Michael L. Radelet; Preface; 1. Committee Proposal 20 of the Legislative Powers Committee of the Michigan Constitutional Convention, Dated January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger, it was adopted by the Convention with only three dissenting votes]; 2. Reasons in Support of Committee Proposal 20, Submitted by the Committee on Legislative Powers to the Convention on January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger]; 3. Verbatim Debate of the Michigan Constitutional Convention on Committee Proposal 20, on January 16 and April 30, 1962, from its Official Record, 595-598, 2968.
4. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 15, 19735. Does the Parole Risk of Convicted Murderers Justify Reviving the Death Penalty in Michigan? (Leaflet), March, 1974; 6. Death-Ultimate Penalty-Proves Itself the Ultimate Injustice for All (Leaflet), April 30, 1974; 7. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, February 10, 1975; 8. Death Ban Defended-Michigan Committee against Capital Punishment Press Release, April 7, 1975; 9. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, April 7, 1975.
10. Why We Should Reject Capital Punishment (Pamphlet), 1978 [originally published by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan]11. Why Michigan Republicans Should Oppose the Death Penalty (Brochure), August, 1980 [for the Republican State Convention]; 12. Capital Punishment and Law Enforcement, September 26, 1975 [included in Brochure #11]; 13. Eye for Eye No Aid, by Michigan Lt. Governor James Brickley, 1974 [included in Brochure #11].
14. Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan Speech, September 23, 1982 [it subsequently voted to oppose repeal of the State's constitutional death penalty ban by a margin of more than 2 to 1]15. Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment History (Leaflet), October, 1991; 16. The Death Penalty-What it Does to the Living, by William Kime and Eugene G. Wanger (Brochure), April, 1993; 17. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, September 8, 1994.
18. What Prosecutors Won't Tell You, by Robert M. Morgenthau (Leaflet), February, 1995 (America's most distinguished prosecutor) [Abstract]19. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, July 13, 1995; 20. Legislative Committee Hearing Written Testimony, October 7, 1997, with covering letter; 21. Will Innocent Persons Be Executed?-Another Perspective, by Michael Radelet (Leaflet), November, 1998; 22. Michigan's Historic Ban of Capital Punishment (Leaflet), December, 1998; 23. The Cot of Capital Punihment (Leaflet), December, 1998.
Summary: Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution -- Eugene G. Wanger's compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti-death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made.
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Foreword, by Michael L. Radelet; Preface; 1. Committee Proposal 20 of the Legislative Powers Committee of the Michigan Constitutional Convention, Dated January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger, it was adopted by the Convention with only three dissenting votes]; 2. Reasons in Support of Committee Proposal 20, Submitted by the Committee on Legislative Powers to the Convention on January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger]; 3. Verbatim Debate of the Michigan Constitutional Convention on Committee Proposal 20, on January 16 and April 30, 1962, from its Official Record, 595-598, 2968.

4. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 15, 19735. Does the Parole Risk of Convicted Murderers Justify Reviving the Death Penalty in Michigan? (Leaflet), March, 1974; 6. Death-Ultimate Penalty-Proves Itself the Ultimate Injustice for All (Leaflet), April 30, 1974; 7. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, February 10, 1975; 8. Death Ban Defended-Michigan Committee against Capital Punishment Press Release, April 7, 1975; 9. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, April 7, 1975.

10. Why We Should Reject Capital Punishment (Pamphlet), 1978 [originally published by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan]11. Why Michigan Republicans Should Oppose the Death Penalty (Brochure), August, 1980 [for the Republican State Convention]; 12. Capital Punishment and Law Enforcement, September 26, 1975 [included in Brochure #11]; 13. Eye for Eye No Aid, by Michigan Lt. Governor James Brickley, 1974 [included in Brochure #11].

14. Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan Speech, September 23, 1982 [it subsequently voted to oppose repeal of the State's constitutional death penalty ban by a margin of more than 2 to 1]15. Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment History (Leaflet), October, 1991; 16. The Death Penalty-What it Does to the Living, by William Kime and Eugene G. Wanger (Brochure), April, 1993; 17. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, September 8, 1994.

18. What Prosecutors Won't Tell You, by Robert M. Morgenthau (Leaflet), February, 1995 (America's most distinguished prosecutor) [Abstract]19. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, July 13, 1995; 20. Legislative Committee Hearing Written Testimony, October 7, 1997, with covering letter; 21. Will Innocent Persons Be Executed?-Another Perspective, by Michael Radelet (Leaflet), November, 1998; 22. Michigan's Historic Ban of Capital Punishment (Leaflet), December, 1998; 23. The Cot of Capital Punihment (Leaflet), December, 1998.

Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution -- Eugene G. Wanger's compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti-death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made.