| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Death Penalty Yesterday and Today; 2 Moral and Religious Underpinnings of the Death Penalty; 3 The Media as a Messenger of Death; 4 The Death Penalty as a Political Tool; 5 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; Notes; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive an award-winning criminal defense attorney turns a critical eye towards the death penalty in America. Filled with gripping case studies, the book analyses why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. <br /> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
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Capital punishment. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lyon, Andrea D. Death Penalty : What's Keeping It Alive. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2014 9781442232679 |
| ISBN |
9781442232686 (electronic book) |
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1442232684 (electronic book) |
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9781442232679 |
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1442232676 |
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