Notes on Executing Freedom

The article discusses points about death penalty in the book "Executing Freedom: The Cultural Capital Punishment in the United States" by Daniel LaChance. Topics include the development of novel theory by LaChance about the functionality of contradictory death penalty institution, argument...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Social justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 139-144
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States (Book)
Lachance, Daniel
Punishment > United States
Death notices
Capital Punishment
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Summary:The article discusses points about death penalty in the book "Executing Freedom: The Cultural Capital Punishment in the United States" by Daniel LaChance. Topics include the development of novel theory by LaChance about the functionality of contradictory death penalty institution, argument on a poor measure of the death penalty when compared to the practice of filing a death notice, and how capital punishment is legitimized through the attribution of a false sense of agency to the condemned.