Dödsstraff

I have now satisfied the words of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his opinion from Kansas v Marsh (2006) in which he stated, "a single case-not …

In 1908, at the height of Jim Crow, Virginia switched from public hanging at local gallows to the electric chair in the basement of the State Penitentiary in Richmond. The change …

Ecologies of Harm: Rhetorics of Violence in the United States examines violent spectacles and their quotidian manifestations in order to better understand violence's cultural work …

Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice on both sides of the Atlantic from the end of …

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and …

A remarkable look at an understudied feature of the Iranian justice system, where forgiveness is as much a right of victims as retributionIran’s criminal courts are notorious for …

Hur ser det ut med dödsstraffet i världens länder? Augustsson undersöker här olika kulturers och religioners inställning och tillämpning, argument för och emot dödsstraff liksom …

During the two decades following entry into World War II, nearly 30 million men and women served in or worked for the United States military. Tens of thousands faced a general …

To be a poet is to create and march to one's own beat. To be a poet against the malignant rhythm of this godforsaken prison, is a revolutionary act governed by a love greater than …

The death penalty landscape has changed considerably since the 1998 first edition of this book. For example, six states that had the death penalty--Connecticut, Illinois, …