The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / Andrea D. Lyon.
| Author/creator |
Lyon, Andrea D. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
| Description | xiii, 162 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014025513 |
| ISBN | 9781442232679 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1442232676 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV8699 .U5 L96 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |