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Title:
Moving away from the death penalty : arguments, trends and perspectives / editor: Ivan Šimonović.
Publisher:
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
212 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Capital punishment.
Discrimination in capital punishment.
Other Authors:
Šimonović, Ivan, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97048606
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95043719
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 5. Trends and Perspectives. Federico Mayor. Leadership and the abolition of the death penalty / Ivan Šimonović -- Chapter 1 . Wrongful Convictions. Without DNA evidence I'd still be behind bars / Kirk Bloodsworth -- DNA evidence casts light on flaws in system / Brandon Garrett -- In the United States, growing doubts about the death penalty / Gil Garcetti -- Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in death penalty trials in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia / Saul Lehrfreund -- Chapter 2. Myth of Deterrence. Deterrence and public opinion / Carolyn Hoyle & Roger Hood -- Chapter 3. Discrimination. Terrors of prison fade slowly / Damien Echols -- Damien Echols and the West Memphis Three Case / Stephen Braga -- Imposition of the death penalty upon the poor, racial minorities, the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill / Steve Bright -- Death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean : justice out of reach? / Arif Bulkan -- Death penalty in India : down a slippery slope / Usha Ramanathan -- Death penalty in Botswana : barriers to equal justice / Alice Mogwe -- Death penalty in Zimbabwe : Legal ambiguities / Innocent Maja -- Chapter 4. Values. World religions and the death penalty / Mario Marazziti -- Towards a moratorium on the death penalty / Paul Bhatti -- Chapter 5. Trends and Perspectives. Global death penalty trends since 2012 / Salil Shetty -- Leadership and the abolition of the death penalty / Federico Mayor.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)905544379
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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