Death Penalty - What''s Keeping It Alive

In 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 analyzes why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system.

List of contents

Dedication Acknowledgments Historical Timeline of the Death Penalty Countries with and without the Death Penalty States with and without the Death Penalty Preface 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

About the author

By Andrea D. Lyon

Summary

In 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 analyzes why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea D Lyon, Andrea D. Lyon, Lyon Andrea D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2015
• EAN: 9781442232679
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3267-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Violence and abuse in society, DEATH PENALTY