The death penalty today /
edited by Robert M. Bohm.
- Boca Raton, Fla. : London : CRC ; Taylor & Francis [distributor], c2008.
- xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
I. Miscarriages of Justice and Innocence. - 1. Errors in capital cases and what can be done about them. - 2. Scrutinizing the death penalty - 3. Themes of wrongful executions in the Post-Furman Era. - 4. Making it work : compensation for the wrongfully convicted. - 5. A painless cocktail? The lethal injection controversy. -- II. Death Penalty Opinion, Media Access to Executions, Consensual Executions, and the Relationship between Lynching and the Death Penalty. 6. Assessing Scholarly Opinion of Capital Punishment:The Experts Speak. 7. Police Managers' Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment. 8. The United States Can't Televise an Execution Because It Will Make Condemned Men Feel Bad About the Death Penalty: Issues Raised by the Suit to Make McVeigh's Execution Public. 9. "Let's Do It!":An Analysis of Consensual Executions.- 10. Some Hypotheses About Capital Punishment and Lynching.
9781420070118 (pbk.) 1420070118 (pbk.)
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
345.730773 / DEA
Includes bibliographical references and index
I. Miscarriages of Justice and Innocence. - 1. Errors in capital cases and what can be done about them. - 2. Scrutinizing the death penalty - 3. Themes of wrongful executions in the Post-Furman Era. - 4. Making it work : compensation for the wrongfully convicted. - 5. A painless cocktail? The lethal injection controversy. -- II. Death Penalty Opinion, Media Access to Executions, Consensual Executions, and the Relationship between Lynching and the Death Penalty. 6. Assessing Scholarly Opinion of Capital Punishment:The Experts Speak. 7. Police Managers' Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment. 8. The United States Can't Televise an Execution Because It Will Make Condemned Men Feel Bad About the Death Penalty: Issues Raised by the Suit to Make McVeigh's Execution Public. 9. "Let's Do It!":An Analysis of Consensual Executions.- 10. Some Hypotheses About Capital Punishment and Lynching.
9781420070118 (pbk.) 1420070118 (pbk.)
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
345.730773 / DEA