The death of punishment : searching for justice among the worst of the worst /
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| Author / Creator: | Blecker, Robert, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 2013. ©2013 |
| Description: | 314 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9847953 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Man the measure. Killing the wrong people ; Playing the game ; Two sides to every question? ; Richer than the rules of law
- Part 2. Voices from the inside. One raggedy lawyer ; Between right and wrong ; The living legend ; Under the influence ; Plate sin with gold ; Their crime/Our punishment
- Part 3. Witness at an execution. Behind the glass ; One step removed ; Curtain time ; The privileged and the damned
- Part 4. For whom the candles burned. Flip a switch ; But God spared Cain ; The man needs to die ; The nicest thing ; A one-man chair ; Dead right ; Whose voice? ; Why aren't you dead? ; Turning grey ; Six feet over ; Death watch ; Killing them softly ; Bearing witness ; The 13th juror
- Part 5. Fighting for the finish. No word for it ; The Hershey bar ; In a perfect kingdom ; Everywhere elsewhere
- Part 6. Forgiveness and redemption. I can look you in the eyes ; Nonsense on stilts
- The chance to someday
- A tramp abroad: Heaidelberg ; Right body, wrong person ; The ugly mirror.
