How Ethical Systems Change: Lynching and Capital Punishment

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Sociology
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Author: Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Danielle Dirks ISBN: 9781136465239
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 22, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Danielle Dirks
ISBN: 9781136465239
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 22, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement. Biased and perfunctory procedures were replaced by prolonged trials and appeals, which some found messy and meaningless; DNA profiling clearly established innocent persons had been sentenced to death. The debate over taking life to protect life continues; this book is based on a hugely popular undergraduate course taught at the University of Texas, and is ideal for those interested in criminal justice, social problems, social inequality, and social movements.

This book is an excerpt from a larger text, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?, http://www.routledge.com/9780415892476/

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Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement. Biased and perfunctory procedures were replaced by prolonged trials and appeals, which some found messy and meaningless; DNA profiling clearly established innocent persons had been sentenced to death. The debate over taking life to protect life continues; this book is based on a hugely popular undergraduate course taught at the University of Texas, and is ideal for those interested in criminal justice, social problems, social inequality, and social movements.

This book is an excerpt from a larger text, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?, http://www.routledge.com/9780415892476/

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