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Facing the death penalty : essays on a cruel and unusual punishment / edited by Michael L. Radelet.

Contributor Radelet, Michael L.

Imprint:Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1989.

Descriptionxi, 215 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:1.Introduction and overview / Michael L. Radelet -- 2. The fraternity of death / Michael A. Kroll -- 3. Facing the death penalty / Watt Espy -- 4. Juveniles' attitudes toward their impending executions / Victor L. Streib -- 5. Burning at the wire: the execution of John Evans / Russell F. Canan -- 6. Another attorney for life / Michael Mello -- 7. Representing the death row inmate: the ethics of advocacy, collateral style / Laurin A. Wollan, Jr. -- 8. Ministering to the condemned: a case study / Joseph B. Ingle -- 9. Coping with death: families of the terminally ill, homicide victims, and condemned prisoners / Margaret Vandiver -- 10. Rituals of death: capital punishment and human sacrifice / Elizabeth D. Purdum, J. Anthony Paredes -- 11. The death penalty and anthropology / Colin M. Turnbull -- 12. Working the dead / Jonathan R. Sorensen, James W. Marquart -- 13. How to argue about the death penalty / Hugo Adam Bedau -- 14. The pains of life / Joseph M. Giarratano -- 15. The isolation of death row / C. Michael Lambrix -- 16. An inhumane way of death / Willie Jasper Darden, Jr.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

Library Shelf Location Call Number Item Status
Buhl LibraryBuhl - Open Stacks HV8699.U5 F33 1989 Available

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Radelet, Michael L.
Subject:
Death row -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Capital punishment -- United States.