Legal Lynching

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ISBN: 9781565846852 | 1565846850
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/1/2001

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An urgent, eloquent call for the abolition of the death penalty in America, from the father and son who are leading the fight against state-sponsored execution. Photos.

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction: America Faces Its Nightmare	p. 1
The Death Penalty and the American Past	p. 9
Myths, Lies, and Deterrence	p. 25
Sleeping Lawyer Syndrome and Other Tales of Justice for the Poor	p. 35
A Question of Innocence	p. 53
Deadly Numbers: Race and the Geography of Execution	p. 65
False Closure: Victim Rights Versus Vengeance Rights	p. 79
The Mark of Cain: Faith and the Death Penalty	p. 87
A Society of Executioners	p. 109
The Death Penalty and America's Future: Moratorium and Beyond	p. 119
Afterword: National Death Penalty Moratorium Act of 2001 (Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.)	p. 131
Further Reading	p. 151
Getting Involved	p. 155
Index	p. 159
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