02314nam 2200565 450 991082041940332120210614060343.01-4422-3268-4(CKB)2670000000577512(EBL)1864099(SSID)ssj0001367783(PQKBManifestationID)12517025(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001367783(PQKBWorkID)11445886(PQKB)11527603(MiAaPQ)EBC1864099(MiAaPQ)EBC3031712(Au-PeEL)EBL1864099(CaPaEBR)ebr11025375(OCoLC)896794022(Au-PeEL)EBL3031712(CaONFJC)MIL664097(OCoLC)928198756(EXLCZ)99267000000057751220150313h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe death penalty what's keeping it alive /Andrea D. LyonLanham, [Maryland] :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (176 p.)Includes index.1-4422-3267-6 1-322-32815-3 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 AuthorIn 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.Capital punishmentUnited StatesHistoryCapital punishmentHistory.364.660973Lyon Andrea D.1678349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820419403321The death penalty4045925UNINA