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

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

©2015

HV8699.U5 L96 2015

9781442232679 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442232676 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442232686 (electronic)

xiii, 162 pages : map ; 23 cm

(OCoLC)881208650

"The United States is divided about the death penalty -- 17 states have banned it, while the remaining states have not. From wrongful convictions to botched executions, capital punishment is fraught with controversy. In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive, award-winning criminal defense attorney Andrea Lyon turns a critical eye towards the reasons why the death penalty remains active in most states, in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. The book opens with an overview of the history of the death penalty in America, then digs into the reasons capital punishment is a fixture in the justice system of most states. The author argues that religious and moral convictions play a role, as does media coverage of crime and punishment. Politics, however, plays the biggest role, according to the author, with no one wanting to look soft on crime. The death penalty remains a deadly political tool in most of the United States."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.

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