Death penalty in decline?: the fight against capital punishment in the decades since Furman v. Georgia

"This volume presents essays evaluating the similarities and differences between the legal, political, ethical, and practical landscapes confronted by the death penalty abolition movement at the time of the Furman v. Georgia decision and subsequent reversal and those confronted by the same move...

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Contributors: Sarat, Austin 1947- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Temple University Press 2024
In:Year: 2024
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505 8 0 |a Introduction: The Death Penalty in Decline and Today's Abolitionist Politics / Austin Sarat -- Part I: Looking back at Furman v Georgia. 1. What Ifs and Missed Opportunities: The U.S. Supreme Court, Death Sentences and Executions, and the 50th Anniversary of Furman v. Georgia / John D. Bessler -- 2. What was "Unusual" in Furman? / Linda Ross Meyer -- 3. The Foreignness of Furman / Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker -- Part II: On the Road to Abolition? 4. Catholicism and the Ongoing Struggle to End the Death Penalty, from Furman v. Georgia to the Present / Sara Mayeux -- 5. Abolition Then and Now: The Role of Furman's Failure in Today's Abolition Success / Corinna Barrett Lain -- 6. When the Killing Law Stops Killing: Thoughts about Furman / James R. Martel. 
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