Life Imprisonment : A Global Human Rights Analysis /

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Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. Consequently, it has become the leading issue of international criminal justice reform. In the first survey of its kind, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human right...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Van Zyl Smit, Dirk (Autor), Appleton, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Life imprisonment.
LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Debating Life
  • 2. Describing Life
  • 3. Prevalence of Life
  • 4. Exempt from Life
  • 5. Offenses That Carry Life
  • 6. Imposing Life
  • 7. Doing Life
  • 8. Implementing Life Well
  • 9. Release from Life
  • 10. Life after Life
  • 11. Rethinking Life
  • Appendix A: Formal Sentences of Life Imprisonment
  • Appendix B: Numbers of Life-Sentenced Prisoners
  • Appendix C: Persons Serving Formal Life Sentences by Offense
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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