The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence /
Overview: Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But it is no longer seen as a theoretical matter. Prosecutors, judg...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Innocence and the death penalty debate
- 2: Death penalty in America
- 3: Chronology of innocence
- 4: Shifting terms of debate
- 5: Innocence, resonance, and old arguments made new again
- 6: Public opinion
- 7: Rise and fall of a public policy
- 8: Conclusion
- Epilogue: Individuals exonerated from death row
- Appendix A: New York Times capital punishment coverage, 1960 to 2005
- Appendix B: Description of data
- Notes
- References
- Index.