The road to abolition?: the future of capital punishment in the United States
Introduction : toward and beyond the abolition of capital punishment / Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat. Pt. I. Assessing the prospects for abolition. The executioner's waning defenses : the eroding defense of the executioner / Michael L. Radelet -- Blinded by science on the road to abolition?...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York [u.a.]
New York Univ. Press
c 2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
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| Summary: | Introduction : toward and beyond the abolition of capital punishment / Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat. Pt. I. Assessing the prospects for abolition. The executioner's waning defenses : the eroding defense of the executioner / Michael L. Radelet -- Blinded by science on the road to abolition? / Simon A. Cole and Jay D. Aronson -- Abolition in the U.S.A. by 2050 : on political capital and ordinary acts of resistance / Bernard E. Harcourt -- The beginning of the end? / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker -- Rocked but still rolling : the enduring institution of capital punishment in historical and comparative perspective / Michael McCann and David T. Johnson -- Pt. II. For execution methods challenges, the road to abolition is paved with paradox. For execution methods challenges, the road to abolition is paved with paradox / Deborah W. Denno -- Perfect execution : abolitionism and the paradox of lethal injection / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- No improvement over electrocution or even a bullet? : lethal injection and the meaning of speed and reliability in the modern execution process / Jürgen Martschukat -- Pt. III. Putting the death penalty in context. Torture, war, and capital punishment : linkages and missed connections / Robin Wagner-Pacifici -- Making difference : modernity and the political dimensions of death / Peter Fitzpatrick |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | IX, 374 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0814762174 0814762182 9780814762172 9780814762189 |