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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458247403321

Autore

Haines Herbert H

Titolo

Against capital punishment [[electronic resource] ] : the anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 / / Herbert H. Haines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-802493-2

9786610534883

1-280-53488-5

1-282-38413-9

9786612384134

0-19-535106-1

1-60256-400-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii,265p.)

Disciplina

364.660973

Soggetti

Capital punishment - United States

Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment has growing support in the United States. This book offers an account of anti-death penalty activism in America since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended.