Sarat, Austin frey50
When the state kills capital punishment and the American condition / by Austin Sarat. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001. - xii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-314) and index.
Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?" -- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials -- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life -- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing -- The role of the jury in the killing state -- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned -- To see or not to see : on televising executions -- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile -- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.
0691007268 (alk. paper)
00059862
Capital punishment--United States.
HV8699.U5 / S27 2001
364.66/0973
When the state kills capital punishment and the American condition / by Austin Sarat. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001. - xii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-314) and index.
Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?" -- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials -- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life -- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing -- The role of the jury in the killing state -- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned -- To see or not to see : on televising executions -- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile -- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.
0691007268 (alk. paper)
00059862
Capital punishment--United States.
HV8699.U5 / S27 2001
364.66/0973