The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / / Andrea D. Lyon
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| Autore: |
Lyon Andrea D.
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| Titolo: |
The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / / Andrea D. Lyon
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capital punishment - United States - History |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The death penalty |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-3268-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787929903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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