Sarat, Austin         frey50        <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-314) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691007268 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00059862 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8699.U5  / S27 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.66/0973