RT Book
T1 Life without parole: America's new death penalty?
T2 The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice
A2 Ogletree, Charles J. 1952-2023
A2 Sarat, Austin 1947-
LA English
PP New York u.a.
PB New York Univ. Press
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/685351637
AB "Is life without parole the perfect compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without parole as "the new death penalty." Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural, political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment? How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting, reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States? Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN KF9750
SN 9780814762486
SN 9780814762479
K1 Parole : United States
K1 Life Imprisonment : United States
K1 Capital Punishment : United States
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 USA : Todesstrafe : Kriminalität : Lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe : Strafaussetzung