RT Book T1 The road to abolition?: the future of capital punishment in the United States T2 The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice A2 Ogletree, Charles J. 1952-2023 A2 Sarat, Austin LA English PP New York u.a. PB New York Univ. Press UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/600563197 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN KF9227.C2 SN 0814762174 SN 0814762182 SN 9780814762172 SN 9780814762189 K1 Capital Punishment : United States K1 Aufsatzsammlung K1 Konferenzschrift K1 USA : Todesstrafe : Abschaffung K1 USA : Todesstrafe : Strafvollstreckung