00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000010175 20211012030522 0010-1021000053 ta 211012################|##########|#|## 9781315557656 364.66 364.66 NOV t Novak, Andrew The global decline of the mandatory death penalty : constitutional jurisprudence and legislative reform in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean / Andrew Novak 1st edition London : Routledge, 2016 200 pages <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315557656">e-book</a> Capital punishment Historically, at English common law, the death penalty was mandatory for the crime of murder and other violent felonies. Over the last three decades, however, many former British colonies have reformed their capital punishment regimes to permit judicial sentencing discretion, including consideration of mitigating factors.