When the state kills
by Sarat, Austin frey50
Published by : Princeton University Press, (Princeton, N.J. :) , 2001 Physical details: xii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:0691007268 (alk. paper).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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