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The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences / Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis ; featuring six portraits of lifers by Kerry Myers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mauer, Marc, author.
- Nellis, Ashley, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "I can think of no authors more qualified to research the complex impact of life sentences than Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis.They have the expertise to track down the information that all citizens need to know and the skills to translate that research into accessible and powerful prose." --Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer.
- Contents:
- Introduction: lessons of "the birdman"
- Life by the numbers / Denise Dodson
- Policies that drive life sentences / Kelly Garrett and Justin Singleton
- Doing life
- "Death is different" / Sam Lewis
- The American commitment to punishment
- The meaning of life around the world / William Underwood
- The racial meaning of life
- The meaning of life for criminal justice reform / Anita Colon and Robert Holbrook
- The meaning of life for public safety
- Enacting a twenty-year maximum sentence / Willis X. Harris
- The future of life in america
- Author's note
- Acknowledgments
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62097-410-X
- OCLC:
- 1084471942
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