Life without parole [electronic resource] : America's new death penalty? / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat.
Ogletree, Charles J.; Sarat, Austin.
2012
KF9750 .L54 2012eb
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Title Life without parole [electronic resource] : America's new death penalty? / edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat.
ISBN 9780814762479 (hardback)
9780814762486 (pb)
9780814762493 (e-book)
Imprint New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description ix, 334 p.
Call Number KF9750 .L54 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.6/5
Summary "Is life without parole the perfect compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without parole as "the new death penalty." Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural, political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment? How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting, reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States? Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Ogletree, Charles J.
Sarat, Austin.
Series Charles Hamilton Houston Institute series on race and justice.
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pt. 1. Life without parole in context
pt. 2. Prospects for reform.

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