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03027aam a2200505Ii 4500 001 33165CDA131311E983EE466197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190108010112 008 181201s2018 nyu b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2018033337 020 $a 1620974096 020 $a 9781620974094 035 $a (OCoLC)1076593787 040 $a VKC $e rda $c VKC $d RCJ $d CGP $d KSA $d QQ3 $d IGA $d R2A $d JIM $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HV8711 $b .M38 2018 082 04 $a 365/.60973 $2 23 100 1 $a Mauer, Marc. 245 14 $a The meaning of life : $b the case for abolishing life sentences / $c by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis. 260 $a New York, NY : $b New Press, $c ©2018. 300 $a xii, 204 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $g Introduction: $t The future of life in America. $t Life by the numbers -- $t Denise Dodson -- $t Policies that drive life sentences -- $t Doing life -- $t "Death is different" -- $t Sam Lewis -- $t The American commitment to punishment -- $t The meaning of life around the world -- $t William Underwood -- $t The racial meaning of life -- $t The meaning of life for criminal justice reform -- $t Kelly Garrett and Justin Singleton -- $t The meaning of life for public safety -- $t Enacting a twenty-year maximum sentence -- $t Willis X. Harris -- $t The future of life in America. 520 $a Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project argue that there is no practical or moral justification for a sentence longer than twenty years. Harsher sentences have been shown to have little effect on crime rates, since people "age out" of crime--meaning that we're spending a fortune on geriatric care for older prisoners who pose little threat to public safety. Extreme punishment for serious crime also has an inflationary effect on sentences across the spectrum, helping to account for severe mandatory minimums and other harsh punishments. Also features profiles of a half dozen people affected by life sentences, written by former "lifer" and writer Kerry Myers.-- $c Publisher's website. 650 0 $a Life imprisonment $z United States. 650 0 $a Prison sentences $z United States. 650 7 $a LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Life imprisonment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00998281 650 7 $a Prison sentences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077078 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 4 $a Nonfiction. 700 1 $a Nellis, Ashley, $e author. 700 1 $a Myers, Kerry, $e author. 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032512.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015446.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013320.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204013721.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20190402013231.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190314010415.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190117010206.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=33165CDA131311E983EE466197128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search