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Facing the death penalty : essays on a cruel and unusual punishment /
"These essays ... show us the human and inhuman realities of capital punishment through the eyes of the condemned and those who work with them. By focusing on those awaiting death, they present the awful truth behind the statistics in concrete, personal terms." â€"William J. Bowers,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1989.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Henry Schwarzschild; 1. Introduction and Overview / Michael L. Radelet; 2. The Fraternity of Death / Michael A. Kroll; 3. Facing the Death Penalty / Watt Espy; 4. Juveniles' Attitudes Toward Their Impending Executions / Victor L. Steib; 5. Burning at the Wire: The Execution of John Evans / Russell F. Canan; 6. Another Attorney for Life / Michael Mello; 7. Representing the Death Row Inmate: The Ethics of Advocacy, Collateral Style / Laurin A. Wollan, Jr.; 8. Ministering to the Condemned: A Case Study / Joseph B. Ingle
- 9. Coping with Death: Families of the Terminally Ill, Homicide Victims, and Condemned Prisoners / Margaret Vandiver10. Rituals of Death: Capital Punishment and Human Sacrifice / Elizabeth D. Purdum and J. Anthony Paredes; 11. The Death Penalty and Anthropology / Colin M. Turnbull; 12. Working the Dead / Jonathan R. Sorensen and James W. Marquart; 13. How to Argue About the Death Penalty / Hugo Adam Bedau; 14. The Pains of Life / Joseph M. Giarratano; 15. The Isolation of Death Row / C. Michael Lambrix; 16. An Inhumane Way of Death / Willie Jasper Darden, Jr.; About the Authors; Index