The Death Penalty as State Crime

Auteur

Laura L. Finley is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University in Miami, Florida. Her work is focused on state crime, human rights, gender violence, and the promotion of peace and justice. Dr. Finley is also an activist for these causes and serves on the Board of Directors of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

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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 the state not only authorizes a system and a practice that tortures human beings, but is also aware of its deep flaws and chooses not to address them.

Contenu

Introduction: The State That Kills 1.Who Decides? Arbitrariness and the Decision to Seek Capital Charges 2.Who Represents? Inadequate Counsel in Death Penalty Cases 3.Who Dies? The Death Penalty and Bias 4.Who Dies, Part II: The Death Penalty, Mental Health, and Mental IllnesS 5.Who Did It? Innocence, Exonerations, and the Death Penalty 6.Who Survives? Conditions on Death Row 7.Who Kills and How? Execution Methods, Protocols, and Botched Executions Conclusion: Abolishing the State Crime of the Death Penalty