The death penalty in contemporary China / Susan Trevaskes.
2012
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Author
Title
The death penalty in contemporary China / Susan Trevaskes.
Published
New York, NY : Palgrave MacMillan, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
HV8699.C6 T74 2012
ISBN
9780230613546 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0230613543 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0230613543 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
301 pages ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)768167295
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-296) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Death Penalty Story
1
1.
Killing Many and Killing Fewer
15
2.
Deciding Guilt
49
3.
Sentencing to Death
79
4.
Choosing Life over Death
115
5.
The Turning Point
143
6.
Shifting Narratives of State Killing
171
7.
Soft-Pedaling Harsh Punishment
195
Conclusion
223
Glossary of Legal and Politico-Legal Terms
239
Notes
241
Bibliography
275
Index
297