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Lyon Andrea D. |
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The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / / Andrea D. Lyon |
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Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Capital punishment - United States - History |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Death Penalty Yesterday and Today; 2 Moral and Religious Underpinnings of the Death Penalty; 3 The Media as a Messenger of Death; 4 The Death Penalty as a Political Tool; 5 The Failure and Fate of Capital Punishment; Appendix A: Death Penalty Historical Timeline; Appendix B: Countries with and without the Death Penalty; Appendix C: States with and without the Death Penalty; Notes; Index; About the Author |
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In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive an award-winning criminal defense attorney turns a critical eye towards the death penalty in America. Filled with gripping case studies, the book analyses why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. |
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