The death penalty today
Addresses legal, empirical, political, and philosophical aspects of capital punishment. This book focuses on such topics as miscarriages of justice, including errors in conviction and possible remedies. It reviews potential causes of wrongful conviction and considers the responsibility of the state...
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Boca Raton, FL.
CRC Press
2008.
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| 245 | 0 | 4 | |a The death penalty today |c edited by Robert M. Bohm. |
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| 300 | |a xvi, 224 pages |b illustrations |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Errors in capital cases and what can be done about them -- Scrutinizing the death penalty : state death penalty study commissions and their recommendations -- Themes of wrongful executions in the post-Furman era -- Making it work : compensation for the wrongfully convicted -- A painless cocktail? -- The lethal injection controversy -- Assessing scholarly opinion of capital punishment : the experts speak -- Police managers' attitudes toward capital punishment -- The United States can't televise an execution because it will make condemned men feel bad about the death penalty : issues raised by the suit to make McVeigh's execution public -- "Let's do it!" : an analysis of consensual executions -- Some hypotheses about capital punishment and lynching | |
| 520 | |a Addresses legal, empirical, political, and philosophical aspects of capital punishment. This book focuses on such topics as miscarriages of justice, including errors in conviction and possible remedies. It reviews potential causes of wrongful conviction and considers the responsibility of the state for reintegration of the wrongfully convicted. | ||
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