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When the State Kills : Capital Punishment and the American Condition /
Presents arguments to support the author's contention that Capital punishment undermines democratic societies and must be abolished.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?"
- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials
- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life
- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing
- The role of the jury in the killing state
- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned
- To see or not to see : on televising executions
- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile
- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.