Dödsstraff

A first-hand account of the death penalty's wholly destructive nature. In Witness, Lyle C. May offers a scathing critique of shifts in sentencing laws, prison policies that ensure …

276 gånger har pastorn Jim Brazzil suttit i dödens väntrum. Han har lyssnat på bekännelser i elfte timmen – den dödsdömdas sista stund, när allt väller upp och man måste berätta. …

Wie kann ein Mann, der durch die Giftspritze sterben soll, noch bis zu seinem Tod steif und fest behaupten, dass ihm dieses Urteil das Leben rettete? Was f hrte zu dem Mord, der …

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how …

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm. It addresses the death penalty, showing how …

Samson Isberg var Norges første riksskarpretter med eneansvar for alle sivile henrettelser. Han gjennomførte sin første henrettelse i 1841 og den siste i 1864; i 1868 ble han …

In his first book since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story, renowned historian David Oshinsky takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Courts controversial and …

This book examines the lived experienes of death penalty defense lawyers and how they created a legal culture of resistance to the death penalty. It argues that an important social …

This book examines the lived experienes of death penalty defense lawyers and how they created a legal culture of resistance to the death penalty. It argues that an important social …

Examines how the feminist movements in the late twentieth century ignited prison protests, activism, and reform in women’s prisons While the late twentieth century brought about …