Legal lynching : the death penalty and America's future / Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., and Bruce Shapiro.

Author: Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

Imprint:New York : New Press, 2001.

Descriptionxv, 174 p.; 24 cm.

Note:Acknowledgments -- Preface / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. -- Introduction : America faces its nightmare -- Death penalty and the American past -- Myths, lies, and deterrence -- Sleeping lawyer syndrome and other tales of justice for the poor -- Question of innocence -- Deadly numbers : race and the geography of execution -- False closure : victim rights versus vengeance rights -- Mark of Cain : faith and the death penalty -- Society of executioners -- Death penalty and America's future : moratorium and beyond -- Afterword : National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001 (Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.).

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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