Wrongful Capital Convictions And The Legitimacy Of The Death Penalty

Author : Karen S. Miller
Publisher : LFB Scholarly Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015063251519

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Wrongful Capital Convictions and the Legitimacy of the Death Penalty by Karen S. Miller Pdf

The American system of capital punishment is facing a legitimacy crisis due to a large number of death row exonerations in recent years. In the wake of these exonerations, the number of new death sentences shrank to a 30 year low and surveys have revealed a decrease in public support for capital punishment. This book describes the crisis confronting the system and explores how newspaper reports of 29 exonerations functioned to legitimize and relegitimize the death penalty in light of these delegitimating forces. By applying Habermas' theory of legitimation crisis through narrative and qualitative content analysis, this book represents a new approach to media research.

Author : Michael L. Radelet,Hugo Adam Bedau,Constance E. Putnam
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : 1555531970

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In Spite of Innocence by Michael L. Radelet,Hugo Adam Bedau,Constance E. Putnam Pdf

The stories of some 400 innocent Americans who were falsely convicted of capital crimes.

Author : Duchess Harris,Valerie Bodden
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781532173356

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Capital Punishment by Duchess Harris,Valerie Bodden Pdf

Capital Punishment examines all aspects of capital punishment in the United States. It discusses the history behind the death penalty in the United States and varying opinions about the ethics of capital punishment. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Hugo Adam Bedau
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 155553595X

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Killing as Punishment by Hugo Adam Bedau Pdf

Hugo Bedau has commanded a long and distinguished career as one of the most widely respected opponents of capital punishment. His work has addressed a variety of perspectives in the death penalty debate, from execution of the innocent to the philosophical and moral grounds for abolition. Now his essays from the last fifteen years appear together in one volume. More than simply a collection of previously published articles, Killing as Punishment represents a unified, interdisciplinary inquiry into several of the major empirical and normative issues raised by the death penalty. The essays have been revised and updated to survey the current state of the death penalty against the background of the past half-century, and are divided along two major axes: one detailing a range of facts raised by the controversy over capital punishment, the other presenting a critical evaluation of the subject from a constitutional and ethical point of view. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the field, Bedau addresses topics that include strong public support for the death penalty, wrongful convictions in capital cases, the disappearance of executive clemency, constitutional arguments surrounding t

Author : Robert M. Bohm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781437755404

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DeathQuest by Robert M. Bohm Pdf

The first true textbook on the death penalty, this text provides an exhaustive introduction, starting with its history and taking the reader through the facts, issues, opinions and controversies surrounding capital punishment. The author’s motivation has been to understand what motivates the "deathquest" of the American people, leading a large percentage of the public to support the death penalty. The book will educate readers so that whatever their death penalty opinions are, they are informed ones. Discussion questions accompany each chapter. Appendix contains ABA guidelines for appointment and performance of defense counsel in death penalty cases.

Author : Barry Latzer
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 0123820251

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Death Penalty Cases by Barry Latzer Pdf

Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons, The Death Penalty Trial, Post-Conviction Review, and Execution Issues. The first part, consisting of five chapters, talks about the mandatory death penalty, mitigating evidence and racial bias. The next part covers death-eligible crimes, such as rape and other crimes that do not involve homicide and murder. The middle part presents the trial process, from choosing the appropriate decision-makers through the sentencing decision. Followed by this is a chapter focusing on the aftermath of conviction, such as claims of innocence. The book concludes by exploring issues related to execution, such as not executing insane convicts. Finally, execution methods are presented. Provides the most recent case material--no need to supplement Topical organization of cases provides a more logical organization for structuring a course Co-authors with different perspectives on the death penalty assures complete impartiality of the material Provides the necessary historical background, a clear explanation of the current capital case process, and an impartial description of the controversies surrounding the death penalty Provides the latest statistics relevant to discussions on the death penalty Clearly explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases, with excerpts of the most relevant statutes

Author : Robert M. Bohm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 1138463485

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The Death Penalty Today by Robert M. Bohm Pdf

Addresses legal, empirical, political, and philosophical aspects of capital punishment. This book focuses on such topics as miscarriages of justice, including errors in conviction and possible remedies. It reviews potential causes of wrongful conviction and considers the responsibility of the state for reintegration of the wrongfully convicted.

Author : Megan Manzano
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534502130

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The Death Penalty by Megan Manzano Pdf

Is capital punishment morally justified? Although the issue generates strong opinions, there are no easy answers when it comes to taking the life of a human being. Supporters of the death penalty believe it deters law-breaking and is the only punishment strong enough for horrific crimes such as child murder and genocide. Opponents argue that it violates human rights and point to its finality in the face of judicial system error and unfairness. This resource presents a fascinating progression of current viewpoints that reflect the many facets of the death penalty debate.

Author : Charles Calistus Burleigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : NYPL:33433075963532

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Thoughts on the Death Penalty by Charles Calistus Burleigh Pdf

Author : Richard A. Stack
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781612341637

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Grave Injustice by Richard A. Stack Pdf

On September 21, 2011, the controversial execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis, who spent twenty years on death row for a crime he most likely did not commit, revealed the complexity of death penalty trials, the flaws in America's justice system, and the rift between those who are for and against the death penalty. Davis's execution reignited a long-standing debate about whether the death penalty is an appropriate form of justice. In Grave Injustice Richard A. Stack seeks to advance the anti-death penalty argument by examining the cases of individuals who, like Davis, have been executed but a

Author : Ron Fridell
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761415874

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Capital Punishment by Ron Fridell Pdf

Presents divergent viewpoints on capital punishment in the United States.

Author : Stanley Cohen
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0786712589

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The Wrong Men by Stanley Cohen Pdf

Offers the stories of more than one hundred individuals falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of crimes, innocent men and womn who were imprisoned for years on death row before they obtained postconviction exonerations.

Author : David C. Baldus,George Woodworth,Charles A. Pulaski
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Law
ISBN : 1555530567

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Equal Justice and the Death Penalty by David C. Baldus,George Woodworth,Charles A. Pulaski Pdf

Author : Raymond Paternoster,Robert Brame,Sarah Bacon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015079163492

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The Death Penalty by Raymond Paternoster,Robert Brame,Sarah Bacon Pdf

This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today—the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view. Topics include: * The history of the death penalty in the United States, from the 1600s to today * The changing nature of the death penalty—changes in the types of crimes that warranted the penalty, the procedures employed to put capital offenders on trial, and the methods used to impose death * Constitutional/legal issues surrounding the death penalty * The influence of race on the administration of the death penalty, both in the past and in the present * Justifications for and against the death penalty (retribution, cost, public safety, and religious arguments) * Questions about the execution of innocents, exonerated capital offenders, and flaws in the operation of the death penalty * Public opinion and the death penalty * The death penalty and international law and practice * The future of the death penalty in America

Author : Benjamin S. Yost
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190901172

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Against Capital Punishment by Benjamin S. Yost Pdf

The specter of procedural injustice motivates many popular and scholarly objections to capital punishment. So-called proceduralist arguments against the death penalty are attractive to death penalty abolitionists because they sidestep the controversies that bedevil moral critiques of execution. Proceduralists do not shoulder the burden of demonstrating that heinous murderers deserve a punishment less than death. However, proceduralist arguments often pay insufficient attention to the importance of punishment; many imply the highly contentious claim that no type of criminal sanction is legitimate. In Against Capital Punishment, Benjamin S. Yost revitalizes the core of proceduralism both by examining the connection between procedural injustice and the impermissibility of capital punishment and by offering a comprehensive argument of his own which confronts proceduralism's most significant shortcomings. Yost is the first author to develop and defend the irrevocability argument against capital punishment, demonstrating that the irremediability of execution renders capital punishment impermissible. His contention is not that the act of execution is immoral, but rather that the possibility of irrevocable mistakes precludes the just administration of the death penalty. Shoring up proceduralist arguments for the abolition of the death penalty, Against Capital Punishment carries with it implications not only for the continued use of the death penalty in the criminal justice system, but also for the structure and integrity of the system as a whole.