Machinery of death : the reality of America's death penalty regime / / edited by David R. Dow and Mark Dow ; with a foreword by Christopher Hitchens
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| Titolo: |
Machinery of death : the reality of America's death penalty regime / / edited by David R. Dow and Mark Dow ; with a foreword by Christopher Hitchens
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.66/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capital punishment - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DowDavid R
DowMark
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| Note generali: | First published 1994 by St. Jerome Publishing. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword: Slouching toward Abolition; Introduction: The Problem of ""Innocence""; I. The Reality of the Regime; 1 How the Death Penalty Really Works; 2 The Execution of Ivon Ray Stanley; II. Legacies of Lynching; 3 Discrimination, Death, and Denial: Race and the Death Penalty; 4 The Judge as Lynch Mob; 5 ""From My Vantage-Disadvantage Point"": Samuel B. Johnson in the New South; III. Inevitability and Innocence; 6 Jousting with the Juggernaut; 7 The Politics of Finality and the Execution of the Innocent: The Case of Gary Graham |
| 8 Innocence Lost9 Chance and the Exoneration of Anthony Porter; IV. Inside the Walls; 10 The Stopping Point: Interview with a Tie-Down Officer; 11 ""The Line between Us and Them"": Interview with Warden Donald Cabana; V. Lives Intertwined; 12 Is the Death Penalty Good for Women?; 13 An Eagle Soars: The Legacy of Mr. Smile; 14 In Memory of Andrew Lee Jones; 15 Representing Robert Sawyer; VI. Toward Abolition; 16 Killing the Death Penalty with Kindness; 17 Speaking Out against the Execution of Timothy McVeigh; 18 Amazing Grace: Reflections on Justice, Survival, and Healing; Biographies; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Machinery of death |
| ISBN: | 0-415-93266-1 |
| 0-203-95198-0 | |
| 1-135-32632-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453945003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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