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 InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionix, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesCharles 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.
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