Moving away from the death penalty : arguments, trends and perspectives / editor: Ivan Šimonović.
2014
K5104 .M685 2014 (Mapit)
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Moving away from the death penalty : arguments, trends and perspectives / editor: Ivan Šimonović.
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New York : United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 2014.
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212 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Preface / Ban Ki-moon (UN Secretary-General)
Introduction : an abolitionist's perspective / 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
The death penalty in India : down a slippery slope / Usha Ramanathan
The death penalty in Botswana : barriers to equal justice / Alice Mogwe
Thre 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.
Introduction : an abolitionist's perspective / 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
The death penalty in India : down a slippery slope / Usha Ramanathan
The death penalty in Botswana : barriers to equal justice / Alice Mogwe
Thre 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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Also available online.
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K5104 .M685 2014
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