America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way Tapa dura - 2002

Northeastern University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Northeastern Univ Pr. New. 2002. Hardcover. 1555535291 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- 280 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 Introduction * 2 Michigan's Continuing Abolition of the Death Penalty and the Conceptual Components of Symbolic Legislation * 3 The Death Penalty and Social Policy in Wisconsin * 4 The Power of History: Death Penalty Abolition in Maine * 5 Abolition and Attempted Reinstatement in Minnesota, 1911-1923 * 6 Un-American Activities in North Dakota: The Continuing Abolition of Capital Punishment * 7 The History of Death Penalty Abolition in Alaska * 8 Colonialism and Capital Punishment: Race, Class, and Legal Symbolism in Hawaiian Executions, 1826-1990 * 9 Death Penalty Abolition, Reinstatement, and Abolition in… Leer más

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Northeastern Univ Pr. New. 2002. Hardcover. 1555535291 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- 280 pages -- DESCRIPTION: In recent years, American politicians have learned the peril of actively opposing the death penalty. During the 1988 Presidential race, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis stumbled in the polls after stating that he would oppose executing first degree murderers even, hypothetically, the convicted killer of his own wife. New York Governor Mario Cuomo's 1994 reelection loss to a political newcomer could be attributed to his annual vetoes of death penalty bills passed by the state legislature. Meanwhile, public support for capital punishment is overwhelming, and federal provisions allowing capital punishment, as well as the number of actual executions, have increased dramatically over the last decade.… Leer más