Stay of execution : saving the death penalty from itself / Charles Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Charles, 1961-

Series:

Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.

Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--United States.

Capital punishment.

Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & LittleField Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States stands alone as the only Western democracy that still practices capital punishment. Yet the American death penalty has gone into noticeable decline, with annual death sentences and executions dwindling steadily in recent years. In Stay of Execution, Charles Lane offers a fresh analysis of this unexpected trend and its moral and political implications. Countering conventional wisdom that attributes the death penalty's decline to public rejection of the ""ultimate sanction,"" he showsthat it is instead related to the ebbing of violent crime itself. The death penalty is not only

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 01. The Disappearance of Death?; Chapter 02. The Case Against the Case Against the Death Penalty; Chapter 03. The Case Against the Case for the Death Penalty; Chapter 04. A Special Penalty for Special Cases; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-282-82049-4

9786612820496

1-4422-0380-3

OCLC:

671648626