End of Its Rope : How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice /
Garrett, Brandon L.
End of Its Rope : How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice / Brandon L. Garrett. - 1 online resource (310 p.) : 5 halftones, 14 graphs, 8 tables
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. An Awakening -- 2. Inevitability of Innocence -- 3. Mercy vs. Justice -- 4. The Great American Death Penalty Decline -- 5. The Defense-Lawyering Effect -- 6. Murder Insurance -- 7. The Other Death Penalty -- 8. The Execution Decline -- 9. End Game -- 10. The Triumph of Mercy -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Today, death sentences in the U.S. are as rare as lightning strikes. Brandon Garrett shows us the reasons why, and explains what the failed death penalty experiment teaches about the effect of inept lawyering, overzealous prosecution, race discrimination, wrongful convictions, and excessive punishments throughout the criminal justice system.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981959
10.4159/9780674981959 doi
Capital punishment--United States.
Discrimination in capital punishment--United States.
Judicial error--United States.
Life imprisonment--United States.
LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing.
KF9227.C2 / G37 2017eb
364.660973
End of Its Rope : How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice / Brandon L. Garrett. - 1 online resource (310 p.) : 5 halftones, 14 graphs, 8 tables
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. An Awakening -- 2. Inevitability of Innocence -- 3. Mercy vs. Justice -- 4. The Great American Death Penalty Decline -- 5. The Defense-Lawyering Effect -- 6. Murder Insurance -- 7. The Other Death Penalty -- 8. The Execution Decline -- 9. End Game -- 10. The Triumph of Mercy -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Today, death sentences in the U.S. are as rare as lightning strikes. Brandon Garrett shows us the reasons why, and explains what the failed death penalty experiment teaches about the effect of inept lawyering, overzealous prosecution, race discrimination, wrongful convictions, and excessive punishments throughout the criminal justice system.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981959
10.4159/9780674981959 doi
Capital punishment--United States.
Discrimination in capital punishment--United States.
Judicial error--United States.
Life imprisonment--United States.
LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing.
KF9227.C2 / G37 2017eb
364.660973