Stay of Execution

Saving the Death Penalty from Itself

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

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 analysis of this unexpected trend and its moral and political implications. Countering conventional wisdom that attributes the death penalty's decline to public rejection of the "ultimate sanction," he shows that it is instead related to the ebbing of violent crime itself. The death penalty is not only more popular than critics claim; it is also less flawed by wrongful executions or racial bias. Lane argues that capital punishment should be preserved, while proposing major reforms to address its real inequities and inconsistencies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-16
Mått:129 x 202 x 19 mm
Vikt:277 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781442203785

Utforska kategorier

Straffprocessrätt inom Juridik
Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik
Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Charles Lane is an editorial writer and member of the editorial board at the Washington Post. He has been a correspondent at Newsweek and editor and senior editor at the New Republic.

Recensioner i media

Though partisans often reiterate old talking points in death penalty debates, Charles Lane in Stay of Execution shows repeatedly why there is so much more to learn and say about the modern administration of capital punishment in the United States. Though I have spent much of the last two decades studying and writing about the death penalty, I learned new information and gained new insights from every chapter of Stay of Execution. This book is a must-read not only for students of the death penalty, but for any and everyone concerned about the modern intersection of politics, policy and punishment.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Disappearance of Death?Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Case Against the Case Against the Death PenaltyChapter 4 Chapter 3: The Case Against the Case for the Death PenaltyChapter 5 Chapter 4: A Special Penalty for Special CasesChapter 6 AcknowledgmentsChapter 7 EndnotesChapter 8 Index