Who owns death? : capital punishment, the American conscience, and the end of executions / Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell.
2000
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Title
Who owns death? : capital punishment, the American conscience, and the end of executions / Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell.
Published
New York, NY : Morrow, [2000]
Copyright
©2000
Call Number
HV8699.U5 L54 2000
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0380974983 (alk. paper)
Description
xvii, 270 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)43929666
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Capital punishment, the American conscience, and the end of execution
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: Capital Punishment in America: Are Its Days Numbered?
Pt. I
Today and Yesterday
1The Pope's Travel Plans: Three States, Three Views of the Death Penalty
3
2Executions in America: Trends and Beginnings
19
3Methods of Execution: Seeking a "Humane" End, from Noose to Needle
42
Pt. II
Executioners
4Wardens and Guards, Chaplains and Doctors
73
5Prosecutors and Governors
107
6Jurors and Judges
138
Pt. III
The Rest of Us
7Witnessing
167
8Murder Victims' Families
197
9Public Opinion, Private Doubts
213
Pt. IV
Who Owns Death?
10The End of Executions
231
Afterword
255
Notes
259
Index
269