The death penalty : what's keeping it alive / Andrea D. Lyon.

Author: Lyon, Andrea D.

Imprint:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Descriptionxiii, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The death penalty yesterday and today -- Moral and religious underpinnings of the death penalty -- The media as a messenger of death -- The death penalty as a political tool -- The failure and fate of capital punishment -- Appendix A: Historical timeline of the death penalty -- Appendix B: Countries with and without the death penalty -- Appendix C: States with and without the death penalty -- Index.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

This item has been checked out 2 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).