Stay of execution : saving the death penalty from itself /

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The United States stands alone as the only Western democracy that still practices capital punishment. Yet the American death penalty has gone into noticeable decline, with annual death sentences and executions dwindling steadily in recent years. In Stay of Execution, Charles Lane offers a fresh anal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lane, Charles, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & LittleField Publishers, c2010.
Series:Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
Subjects:
Capital punishment > United States.
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Peine de mort > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Capital punishment
Capital punishment > Moral and ethical aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The disappearance of death?
  • The case against the case against the death penalty
  • The case against the case for the death penalty
  • A special penalty for special cases.

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