The death of punishment : searching for justice among the worst of the worst / Robert Blecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blecker, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punishment.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 2013.

Contents:

Part 1. Man the measure. Killing the wrong people ; Playing the game ; Two sides to every question? ; Richer than the rules of law

Part 2. Voices from the inside. One raggedy lawyer ; Between right and wrong ; The living legend ; Under the influence ; Plate sin with gold ; Their crime/Our punishment

Part 3. Witness at an execution. Behind the glass ; One step removed ; Curtain time ; The privileged and the damned

Part 4. For whom the candles burned. Flip a switch ; But God spared Cain ; The man needs to die ; The nicest thing ; A one-man chair ; Dead right ; Whose voice? ; Why aren't you dead? ; Turning grey ; Six feet over ; Death watch ; Killing them softly ; Bearing witness ; The 13th juror

Part 5. Fighting for the finish. No word for it ; The Hershey bar ; In a perfect kingdom ; Everywhere elsewhere

Part 6. Forgiveness and redemption. I can look you in the eyes ; Nonsense on stilts

The chance to someday

A tramp abroad: Heaidelberg ; Right body, wrong person ; The ugly mirror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137278562

1137278560

OCLC:

840927822