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When the state kills : capital punishment and the American condition / by Austin Sarat.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.Description: xii, 324 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0691007268 (alk. paper)
  • 9780691102610
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.66/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • HV8699.U5 S27 2001
Other classification:
  • 86.43
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?" -- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials -- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life -- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing -- The role of the jury in the killing state -- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned -- To see or not to see : on televising executions -- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile -- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV8699.U5 S27 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000065297

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-314) and index.

Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?" -- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials -- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life -- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing -- The role of the jury in the killing state -- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned -- To see or not to see : on televising executions -- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile -- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.

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