The Pros and Cons of Life Without Parole

The question of how societies should respond to their most serious crimes if not with the death penalty is perhaps the oldest of all the issues raised by the two-century struggle in western civilization to end the death penalty' (Bedau, 1990: 481). In this article we draw attention to the rapid...

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Main Author: Appleton, Catherine (Author)
Contributors: Grover, Bent
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2007, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 597-615
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Keywords:
Lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe
Bewährung
Menschenwürde
USA
Menschenrechte
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Summary:The question of how societies should respond to their most serious crimes if not with the death penalty is perhaps the oldest of all the issues raised by the two-century struggle in western civilization to end the death penalty' (Bedau, 1990: 481). In this article we draw attention to the rapid and extraordinary increase in the use of life imprisonment without parole' in the United States. We aim to critically assess the main arguments put forward by supporters of whole life imprisonment as a punishment provided by law to replace the death penalty and argue against life-long detention as the ultimate sanction
ISSN:0007-0955