| Description |
xiii, 162 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. |
| Contents |
The death penalty yesterday and today -- Moral and religious underpinnings of the death penalty -- The media as a messenger of death -- The death penalty as a political tool -- 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. |
| Summary |
"The United States is divided about the death penalty -- 17 states have banned it, while the remaining states have not. From wrongful convictions to botched executions, capital punishment is fraught with controversy. In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive, award-winning criminal defense attorney Andrea Lyon turns a critical eye towards the reasons why the death penalty remains active in most states, in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. The book opens with an overview of the history of the death penalty in America, then digs into the reasons capital punishment is a fixture in the justice system of most states. The author argues that religious and moral convictions play a role, as does media coverage of crime and punishment. Politics, however, plays the biggest role, according to the author, with no one wanting to look soft on crime. The death penalty remains a deadly political tool in most of the United States."--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
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Capital punishment. (OCoLC)fst00846392
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781442232679 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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1442232676 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9781442232686 (electronic) |
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