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10%OFFCharles Lane - Stay of Execution - 9781442203785 - V9781442203785
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Stay of Execution

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Description for Stay of Execution Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, graphs. BIC Classification: LNFX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
The United States stands alone as the only Western democracy that still practices capital punishment. Yet the American death penalty has gone into noticeable decline, with annual death sentences and executions dwindling steadily in recent years. In Stay of Execution, Charles Lane offers a fresh analysis of this unexpected trend and its moral and political implications. Countering conventional wisdom that attributes the death penalty's decline to public rejection of the "ultimate sanction," he shows that it is instead related to the ebbing of violent crime itself. The death penalty is not only more popular than critics claim; it is also ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442203785
SKU
V9781442203785
Shipping Time
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99-15

About Charles Lane
Charles Lane is an editorial writer and member of the editorial board at the Washington Post. He has been a correspondent at Newsweek and editor and senior editor at the New Republic.

Reviews for Stay of Execution
Though partisans often reiterate old talking points in death penalty debates, Charles Lane in Stay of Execution shows repeatedly why there is so much more to learn and say about the modern administration of capital punishment in the United States. Though I have spent much of the last two decades studying and writing about the death penalty, I learned new ... Read more

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