Killing with prejudice : institutionalized racism in American capital punishment /

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A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital casesIn 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia. He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death. Although McCleskey...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maratea, R. J., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Capital punishment > United States.
Discrimination in capital punishment > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Racism > United States.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'application de la peine de mort > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Capital punishment
Discrimination in capital punishment
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Racism
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Bifurcated justice in the Deep South
  • Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the new segregation
  • Missed opportunities on the road to the Supreme Court
  • Black murders are different
  • All discrimination is not considered equal
  • Reaffirming "separate but equal"
  • Conclusion: Past is prologue : why McCleskey still matters.

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