LEADER 03814nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910458247403321 005 20211005002811.0 010 $a0-19-802493-2 010 $a9786610534883 010 $a1-280-53488-5 010 $a1-282-38413-9 010 $a9786612384134 010 $a0-19-535106-1 010 $a1-60256-400-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000363148 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24083441 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000288390 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12070237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288390 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10382291 035 $a(PQKB)10693979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138020 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10019812 035 $a(PQKB)11247752 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279047 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53488 035 $a(OCoLC)65182025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4963839 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4963839 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238413 035 $a(OCoLC)1024282954 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000363148 100 $a19990219e19991996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgainst capital punishment$b[electronic resource] $ethe anti-death penalty movement in America, 1972-1994 /$fHerbert H. Haines 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (xii,265p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-508838-7 311 $a0-19-513249-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aWhile 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. 330 $bWhile most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment enjoys vast and growing support in the United States. A significant and vocal minority, however, continues to oppose it. Against Capital Punishment is the first full account of anti-death penalty activism in America during the years since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended. Building on in-depth interviews with movement leaders and the records of key abolitionist organizations, this work traces the struggle against the pro-death penalty backlash that has steadily gained momentum since the 1970's. It reviews the conservative turn in the courts which, over the last two decades, has forced death penalty opponents to rely less on the litigation strategies that once served them well. It describes their efforts to mount a broad-based educational and political assault on what they see as the most cruel, racist, ineffective, and expensive manifestation of a criminal justice system gone wrong. Despite the efforts of death-penalty opponents, executions in the United States are on the increase. Against Capital Punishment diagnoses the reasons for the failure to mobilize widespread opposition to executions, and assesses the prospects for opposition to capital punishment in the future of the United States. 606 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States 606 $aCapital punishment$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCapital punishment 615 0$aCapital punishment$xMoral and ethical aspects 676 $a364.660973 700 $aHaines$b Herbert H$01041969 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458247403321 996 $aAgainst capital punishment$92465777 997 $aUNINA