The road to abolition? the future of capital punishment in the United States / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat.
| Other author | Ogletree, Charles J., Jr., 1952-2023 |
| Other author | Sarat, Austin. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, |
| Description | ix, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice. ^A707820 |
| Contents | Introduction : toward and beyond the abolition of capital punishment / Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat -- The executioner's waning defenses / Michael L. Radelet -- Blinded by science on the road to abolition? / Simon A. Cole and Jay D. Aronson -- Abolition in the United States by 2050 : on political capital and ordinary acts of resistance / Bernard E. Harcourt -- The beginning of the end? / Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker -- Rocked but still rolling : the enduring institution of capital punishment in historical and comparative perspective / Michael McCann and David T. Johnson -- For execution methods challenges, the road to abolition is paved with paradox / Deborah W. Denno -- Perfect execution : abolitionism and the paradox of lethal injection / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- "No improvement over electrocution or even a bullet" : lethal injection and the meaning of speed and reliability in the modern execution process / Jürgen Martschukat -- Torture, war, and capital punishment : linkages and missed connections / Robin Wagner-Pacifici -- Making difference : modernity and the political formations of death / Peter Fitzpatrick. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009020633 |
| ISBN | 9780814762172 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814762174 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814762189 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814762182 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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