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Among the lowest of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle
| Among the lowest of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle |
| Autore | Von Drehle Dave |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, Mich., : University of Michigan Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Collana | Law, meaning, and violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States
Death row - United States Death row inmates - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-64466-1
9786612644665 0-472-02698-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; I. Loose the Fateful Lightning; II. Dancing on the Head of a Pin; III. A Failure of Execution; Acknowledgments; Sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460315003321 |
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Among the lowest of the dead : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle
| Among the lowest of the dead : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle |
| Autore | Von Drehle Dave |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Collana | Law, meaning, and violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States
Death row - United States Death row inmates - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-64466-1
9786612644665 0-472-02698-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; I. Loose the Fateful Lightning; II. Dancing on the Head of a Pin; III. A Failure of Execution; Acknowledgments; Sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785172703321 |
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Von Drehle Dave
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| Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Among the lowest of the dead : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle
| Among the lowest of the dead : the culture of capital punishment / / David Von Drehle |
| Autore | Von Drehle Dave |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Collana | Law, meaning, and violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Executions and executioners - United States
Death row - United States Death row inmates - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-64466-1
9786612644665 0-472-02698-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; I. Loose the Fateful Lightning; II. Dancing on the Head of a Pin; III. A Failure of Execution; Acknowledgments; Sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816130703321 |
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| Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 | ||
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Death penalty stories / / edited by John H. Blume and Jordan M. Steiker
| Death penalty stories / / edited by John H. Blume and Jordan M. Steiker |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Foundation Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 345.730773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States
Death row inmates - United States |
| ISBN | 1-62810-735-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | When Willie Francis died : the "disturbing" story behind one of the eighth amendment's most enduring standards of risk / Deborah Denno -- Furman v. Georgia : not an end, but a beginning / Carol S. Steiker -- Gregg v. Georgia and allied cases : protecting the death penalty from abolition / Hugo Adam Bedau -- Coker v. Georgia : of rape, race, and burying the past / Sheri Lynn Johnson -- Gilmore v. Utah : the persistent problem of "volunteers" / John H. Blume -- McCleskey v. Kemp : denial avoidance, and the legitimization of racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty / David C. Baldus ... [et al.] -- Penry v. Lynaugh : the hazards of predicting the future / Jordan M. Steiker -- The story of Payne v. Tennessee : victims triumphant / Austin Sarat -- Simmons v. South Carolina and the myth of early release / David Bruck -- Bell v. Cone : the fatal consequences of incomplete failure / David R. Dow -- Roper v. Simmons : abolishing the death penalty for juvenile offenders in the wake of international consensus / Scott W. Howe -- House v. Bell and the death of innocence / Joseph L. Hoffmann. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136100503321 |
| New York, New York : , : Foundation Press, , 2009 | ||
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The executioner's toll, 2010 : the crimes, arrests, trials, appeals, last meals, final words and executions of 46 persons in the United States / / Matthew T. Mangino
| The executioner's toll, 2010 : the crimes, arrests, trials, appeals, last meals, final words and executions of 46 persons in the United States / / Matthew T. Mangino |
| Autore | Mangino Matthew T. <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.66092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States
Executions and executioners - United States Death row inmates - United States Death row - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4766-1604-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Vernon Lamont Smith a.k.a., Abdullah Sharif Kaazim Mahdi, Ohio. Executed January 7; 2. Kenneth Mosley, Texas. Executed January 7; 3. Gerald J. Bordelon, Louisiana. Executed January 7; 4. Gary James Johnson, Texas. Executed January 12; 5. Julius Ricardo Young, Oklahoma. Executed January 14; 6. Mark Aaron Brown, Ohio. Executed February 4; 7. Martin Edward Grossman, Florida. Executed February 16; 8. Michael Adam Sigala, Texas. Executed March 2; 9. Joshua Maxwell, Texas. Executed March 11
10. Lawrence Raymond Reynolds, Jr., Ohio. Executed March 1611. Paul Warner Powell, Virginia. Executed March 18; 12. Franklin DeWayne Alix, Texas. Executed March 30; 13. Darryl M. Durr, Ohio. Executed April 20; 14. William Josef Berkley, Texas. Executed April 22; 15. Samuel Bustamante, Texas. Executed April 27; 16. Kevin Scott Varga and Billy John Galloway, Texas. Executed May 12 and 13; 17. Michael Francis Beuke, Ohio. Executed May 13; 18. Rogelio Reyes Cannady, Texas. Executed May 19; 19. Paul E. Woodward, Mississippi. Executed May 19; 20. Gerald J. Holland, Mississippi. Executed May 20 21. Darick D. Walker, Virginia. Executed May 2022. John Avalos Alba, Texas. Executed May 25; 23. Thomas W. Whisenhant, Alabama. Executed May 27; 24. George A. Jones, Texas. Executed June 2; 25. Melbert Ray Ford, Jr., Georgia. Executed June 9; 26. John Forrest Parker, Alabama. Executed June 10; 27. David Lee Powell, Texas. Executed June 15; 28. Ronnie Lee Gardner, Utah. Executed June 18; 29. Michael James Perry, Texas. Executed July 10; 30. William L. Garner, Ohio. Executed July 13; 31. Derrick Leon Jackson, Texas. Executed July 20; 32. Joseph D. Burns, Mississippi. Executed July 21 33. Roderick Davie, Ohio. Executed August 1034. Michael Jeffrey Land, Alabama. Executed August 12; 35. Peter A. Cantu, Texas. Executed August 17; 36. Holly Wood, Alabama. Executed September 9; 37. Cal Colburn Brown, Washington. Executed September 10; 38. Teresa Wilson Lewis, Virginia. Executed September 23; 39. Brandon J. Rhode, Georgia. Executed September 27; 40. Michael W. Benge, Ohio. Executed October 6; 41. Donald Ray Wackerly II, Oklahoma. Executed October 14; 42. Larry Wayne Wooten, Texas. Executed October 21; 43. Jeffrey T. Landrigan, Arizona. Executed October 26 44. Phillip D. Hallford, Alabama. Executed November 445. John David Duty, Oklahoma. Executed December 16; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790958503321 |
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Mangino Matthew T. <1962->
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| Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The executioner's toll, 2010 : the crimes, arrests, trials, appeals, last meals, final words and executions of 46 persons in the United States / / Matthew T. Mangino
| The executioner's toll, 2010 : the crimes, arrests, trials, appeals, last meals, final words and executions of 46 persons in the United States / / Matthew T. Mangino |
| Autore | Mangino Matthew T. <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.66092/273 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capital punishment - United States
Executions and executioners - United States Death row inmates - United States Death row - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4766-1604-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Vernon Lamont Smith a.k.a., Abdullah Sharif Kaazim Mahdi, Ohio. Executed January 7; 2. Kenneth Mosley, Texas. Executed January 7; 3. Gerald J. Bordelon, Louisiana. Executed January 7; 4. Gary James Johnson, Texas. Executed January 12; 5. Julius Ricardo Young, Oklahoma. Executed January 14; 6. Mark Aaron Brown, Ohio. Executed February 4; 7. Martin Edward Grossman, Florida. Executed February 16; 8. Michael Adam Sigala, Texas. Executed March 2; 9. Joshua Maxwell, Texas. Executed March 11
10. Lawrence Raymond Reynolds, Jr., Ohio. Executed March 1611. Paul Warner Powell, Virginia. Executed March 18; 12. Franklin DeWayne Alix, Texas. Executed March 30; 13. Darryl M. Durr, Ohio. Executed April 20; 14. William Josef Berkley, Texas. Executed April 22; 15. Samuel Bustamante, Texas. Executed April 27; 16. Kevin Scott Varga and Billy John Galloway, Texas. Executed May 12 and 13; 17. Michael Francis Beuke, Ohio. Executed May 13; 18. Rogelio Reyes Cannady, Texas. Executed May 19; 19. Paul E. Woodward, Mississippi. Executed May 19; 20. Gerald J. Holland, Mississippi. Executed May 20 21. Darick D. Walker, Virginia. Executed May 2022. John Avalos Alba, Texas. Executed May 25; 23. Thomas W. Whisenhant, Alabama. Executed May 27; 24. George A. Jones, Texas. Executed June 2; 25. Melbert Ray Ford, Jr., Georgia. Executed June 9; 26. John Forrest Parker, Alabama. Executed June 10; 27. David Lee Powell, Texas. Executed June 15; 28. Ronnie Lee Gardner, Utah. Executed June 18; 29. Michael James Perry, Texas. Executed July 10; 30. William L. Garner, Ohio. Executed July 13; 31. Derrick Leon Jackson, Texas. Executed July 20; 32. Joseph D. Burns, Mississippi. Executed July 21 33. Roderick Davie, Ohio. Executed August 1034. Michael Jeffrey Land, Alabama. Executed August 12; 35. Peter A. Cantu, Texas. Executed August 17; 36. Holly Wood, Alabama. Executed September 9; 37. Cal Colburn Brown, Washington. Executed September 10; 38. Teresa Wilson Lewis, Virginia. Executed September 23; 39. Brandon J. Rhode, Georgia. Executed September 27; 40. Michael W. Benge, Ohio. Executed October 6; 41. Donald Ray Wackerly II, Oklahoma. Executed October 14; 42. Larry Wayne Wooten, Texas. Executed October 21; 43. Jeffrey T. Landrigan, Arizona. Executed October 26 44. Phillip D. Hallford, Alabama. Executed November 445. John David Duty, Oklahoma. Executed December 16; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828624203321 |
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Mangino Matthew T. <1962->
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| Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2014 | ||
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An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds
| An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds |
| Autore | Edds Margaret <1947-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina |
364.66/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
African American prisoners
Death row inmates - United States People with mental disabilities and crime - United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States DNA fingerprinting - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2279-2
0-8147-2244-X 1-4175-8820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1. Countdown -- 2. Death in Culpeper -- 3. A Piedmont Son -- 4. Arrest -- 5. Confessions -- 6. The Trial -- 7. Prisoner -- 8. Deadline -- 9. A Discovery -- 10. Appeals -- 11. Strategies -- 12. An Ending -- 13. Revival -- 14. Freedom Delayed -- 15. The Aftermath -- Notes -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450170503321 |
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Edds Margaret <1947->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2003 | ||
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An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds
| An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds |
| Autore | Edds Margaret <1947-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina |
364.66/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
African American prisoners
Death row inmates - United States People with mental disabilities and crime - United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States DNA fingerprinting - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19-year-old
1983 Culpeper Earl Expendable Jr Virginia Washington black case convicted execution explores farm hand mentally mother murder near rape retarded three |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2279-2
0-8147-2244-X 1-4175-8820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1. Countdown -- 2. Death in Culpeper -- 3. A Piedmont Son -- 4. Arrest -- 5. Confessions -- 6. The Trial -- 7. Prisoner -- 8. Deadline -- 9. A Discovery -- 10. Appeals -- 11. Strategies -- 12. An Ending -- 13. Revival -- 14. Freedom Delayed -- 15. The Aftermath -- Notes -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783263203321 |
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Edds Margaret <1947->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2003 | ||
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An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds
| An expendable man [[electronic resource] ] : the near-execution of Earl Washington, Jr. / / Margaret Edds |
| Autore | Edds Margaret <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina |
364.66/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
African American prisoners
Death row inmates - United States People with mental disabilities and crime - United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States Capital punishment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States DNA fingerprinting - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
19-year-old
1983 Culpeper Earl Expendable Jr Virginia Washington black case convicted execution explores farm hand mentally mother murder near rape retarded three |
| ISBN |
0-8147-2279-2
0-8147-2244-X 1-4175-8820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1. Countdown -- 2. Death in Culpeper -- 3. A Piedmont Son -- 4. Arrest -- 5. Confessions -- 6. The Trial -- 7. Prisoner -- 8. Deadline -- 9. A Discovery -- 10. Appeals -- 11. Strategies -- 12. An Ending -- 13. Revival -- 14. Freedom Delayed -- 15. The Aftermath -- Notes -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812387703321 |
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Edds Margaret <1947->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2003 | ||
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In this timeless time [[electronic resource] ] : living and dying on death row in America / / Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian
| In this timeless time [[electronic resource] ] : living and dying on death row in America / / Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian |
| Autore | Jackson Bruce <1936-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.660973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ChristianDiane <1939-> |
| Collana | Documentary arts and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Death row - United States
Death row inmates - United States Capital punishment - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8078-8264-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface. On Death Row; Part I. Pictures; 1. The Row; 2. Food; 3. In the J-23 dayroom; 4. A volleyball game in the cage; 5. Hands and mirrors; 6. Eight who were resentenced to life and are now doing time; 7. Three who are still there, one who was resentenced to life and then paroled, and one who was set free after twenty-one years and then exonerated; 8. Twelve dead men; Part II. Words; 1. Being there; 2. Killable killers; 3. Dangerous people; 4. Good time and hard time; 5. The prisoner Jack Smith and the late Excell White; 6. Terminology; 7. Getting to J
8. Ellis's yellow line 9. Visitors; 10. Counts; 11. Recreation; 12. Porters, floor boys, building tenders; 13. Noise; 14. Night, Brandon, Emily, and George; 15. Violence; 16. Craziness and boredom; 17. All the things a man might do on the Row; 18. Sockets and glass; 19. Nowhere land; 20. Time; 21. Living space and killing space; 22. The death house; 23. Getting off the Row; 24. Why execute?; 25. Equity: Callins v. James; 26. Giving up on death; 27. Trends; 28. Records; Part III. Working; 1. Avoiding the Row; 2. An invitation; 3. Building tenders; 4. Documenting the Row; 5. Bona fides 6. "I'd like to cut your fuckin' throat" 7. Trust; 8. Why talk?; 9. Punishing Diane; 10. Testifying; 11. Screening Death Row; 12. Brent Bullock Jr. and Norman Mailer; 13. In This Timeless Time; Appendix 1. Layout of Ellis Unit inside the Fence; Appendix 2. The DR Three-Ring Binder; Appendix 3. Justice Thurgood Marshall's Dissent in Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources and Further Information; Cases; A Technical Note; Index; About Death Row |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461713603321 |
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Jackson Bruce <1936->
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012 | ||
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