Stay of Execution
Saving the Death Penalty from Itself
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2010
160 pages
978-1-4422-0380-8 (ISBN)
Description
The United States stands alone as the only Western democracy that still practices capital punishment. Yet the American death penalty has gone into noticeable decline, with annual death sentences and executions dwindling steadily in recent years. In Stay of Execution, Charles Lane offers a fresh analysis of this unexpected trend and its moral and political implications. Countering conventional wisdom that attributes the death penalty's decline to public rejection of the "ultimate sanction," he shows that it is instead related to the ebbing of violent crime itself. The death penalty is not only more popular than critics claim; it is also less flawed by wrongful executions or racial bias. Lane argues that capital punishment should be preserved, while proposing major reforms to address its real inequities and inconsistencies.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-0380-8 (9781442203808)
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Book
10/2010
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€19.00
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Person
Charles Lane is an editorial writer and member of the editorial board at the Washington Post. He has been a correspondent at Newsweek and editor and senior editor at the New Republic.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Disappearance of Death?
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Case Against the Case Against the Death Penalty
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: The Case Against the Case for the Death Penalty
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: A Special Penalty for Special Cases
Chapter 6 Acknowledgments
Chapter 7 Endnotes
Chapter 8 Index
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Disappearance of Death?
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Case Against the Case Against the Death Penalty
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: The Case Against the Case for the Death Penalty
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: A Special Penalty for Special Cases
Chapter 6 Acknowledgments
Chapter 7 Endnotes
Chapter 8 Index
