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The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / / Andrea D. Lyon



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Autore: Lyon Andrea D. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / / Andrea D. Lyon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
Disciplina: 364.660973
Soggetto topico: Capital punishment - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-3268-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463276603321
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