End of its rope : how killing the death penalty can revive criminal justice /

"When Henry McCollum was condemned to death in 1983 in rural North Carolina, death sentences were commonplace. In 2015, DNA tests set McCollum free. By then, death sentences were as rare as lightning strikes. To most observers this national trend came as a surprise. What changed? Brandon Garret...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Garrett, Brandon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Capital punishment > United States.
Judicial error > United States.
Discrimination in capital punishment > United States.
Life imprisonment > United States.
Defense (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Evidence, Criminal > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'application de la peine de mort > États-Unis.
Réclusion à perpétuité > États-Unis.
Défense (Procédure pénale) > États-Unis.
Preuve (Droit pénal) > États-Unis.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
Capital punishment
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Defense (Criminal procedure)
Discrimination in capital punishment
Evidence, Criminal
Judicial error
Life imprisonment
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An awakening
  • Inevitability of innocence
  • Mercy vs. justice
  • The great American death penalty decline
  • The defense lawyering effect
  • Murder insurance
  • The other death penalty
  • The execution decline
  • End game
  • The triumph of mercy.

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