Race and the death penalty : the legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp / edited by David P. Keys, R.J. Maratea.
Contributor(s): Keys, David P [editor.] | Maratea, R. J [editor.] | Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (20 entries) : 1 image ; digital files.Content type: text | still image Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781787858114.Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States | Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States | Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States | African American criminals -- Civil rights -- Case studies | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Case studies. | Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in print version.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Racial bias and capital punishment / Richard C. Dieter -- Part 1. The crisis of race and capital punishment. McCleskey v. Kemp and the reaffirmation of separate but equal / David P. Keys and R.J. Maratea ; Revisiting McCleskey v. Kemp : a failure of sociological imagination? / Tony G. Poveda ; McCleskey and the lingering problem of "race" / Ross Kleinstuber -- Part 2. Race, class, and capital sentencing. Overcoming moral peril : how empirical research can affect death penalty debates / R.J. Maratea ; Capital sentencing and structural racism : the source of bias / Gennaro F. Vito and George E. Higgins ; Capital case processing in Georgia after McCleskey : more of the same / Jacqueline Ghislaine Lee, Ray Paternoster, and Michael Rocque ; Addressing contradictions with the social psychology of capital juries and racial bias / Jamie L. Flexon ; Nothing succeeds like failure : race, decisionmaking, and proportionality in Oklahoma homicide trials, 1973-2010 / David P. Keys and John F. Galliher -- Part 3. Death in the past, present, and future. Why do we need the death penalty? / Robert M. Bohm ; The death penalty's dirty little secret / Franklin E. Zimring ; Race of victim and American capital punishment / Franklin E. Zimring.
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Race and the Death Penalty examines the persistence of racial discrimination in the practice of capital punishment, the dynamics that drive it, and the human consequences of both.
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