عنوان

The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence /

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0511376642

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0511378459

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0511379323

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0511790635

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9780511376641

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9780511378454

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9780511379321

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9780511790638

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0521715245

Erroneous ISBN

0521887348

Erroneous ISBN

9780521715249

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9780521887342

Number

b766093

Title Proper

The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Frank R. Baumgartner, Suzanna L. De Boef, Amber E. Boydstun.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.

Text of Note

List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Innocence and the death penalty debate -- 2: Death penalty in America -- 3: Chronology of innocence -- 4: Shifting terms of debate -- 5: Innocence, resonance, and old arguments made new again -- 6: Public opinion -- 7: Rise and fall of a public policy -- 8: Conclusion -- Epilogue: Individuals exonerated from death row -- Appendix A: New York Times capital punishment coverage, 1960 to 2005 -- Appendix B: Description of data -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Text of Note

Overview: Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But it is no longer seen as a theoretical matter. Prosecutors, judges, and juries across the country have moved in large numbers to give much greater credence to the possibility of mistakes-mistakes that in this arena are potentially fatal. The discovery of innocence, documented here through painstaking analyses of media coverage and with newly developed methods, has led to historic shifts in public opinion and to a sharp decline in use of the death penalty by juries across the country. A social cascade, starting with legal clinics and innocence projects, has snowballed into a national phenomenon that may spell the end of the death penalty in America.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Stock Number

124386

Title

Decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence.

International Standard Book Number

0521887348

Capital punishment-- United States-- History.

Guilt (Law)-- United States-- History.

Judicial error-- United States-- History.

Capital punishment.

Guilt (Law)

Judicial error.

LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.

Strafrecht

Todesstrafe

United States.

USA.

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7

LAW-- 026000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Baumgartner, Frank R.,1958-

Boydstun, Amber E.,1977-

De Boef, Suzanna,1966-

Date of Transaction

20201206113021.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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