The death penalty: what's keeping it alive
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"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.
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Lyon, A. D. (2015). The death penalty: what's keeping it alive. Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lyon, Andrea D.. 2015. The Death Penalty: What's Keeping It Alive. Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lyon, Andrea D., The Death Penalty: What's Keeping It Alive. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lyon, Andrea D.. The Death Penalty: What's Keeping It Alive. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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