We, the comrades of Unit 1012, are truly well aware that once the death
penalty is abolished, the ACLU Demons will want to end LWOP.
We, the comrades of
Unit 1012: The VFFDP, DO NOT TRUST them at all and we know that they
are nothing but liars who value the lives of murderers and evildoers, with the
plan on putting innocent people’s lives at risk of getting murdered. These
Anti-Death Penalty Activists are all the ACLU
Demons.
We endorse this book as
we want to show what they mean by ending LWOP.
Life
without Parole: America's New Death Penalty? (The Charles Hamilton Houston
Institute Series on Race and Justice)
Paperback – June 4,
2012
by
Is life without parole the perfect
compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital
punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without
parole as “the new death penalty.” Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin
Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better
understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural,
political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment?
How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately
against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting,
reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States?
Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the
impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of
punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“One
frightening by-product of the American struggle over capital punishment is the
proliferation of Life Without Parole as its bastard offspring. LWOP is
embraced without scrutiny by abolitionists who assume that anything is better
than execution. It is enshrined as a prosecutorial consolation prize when
cases meet the technical standards for 'capital' murder but defendants lack
blameworthiness. The unqualified condemnation of LWOP comes from a crazy
displacement of distrust that puts extra suffering on offenders because
citizens don’t trust those who govern.
Fighting
capital punishment must be a central concern in the United States. But
threats to human rights rarely develop one at a time, so injustice must be
fought on multiple fields of engagement. Ogletree, Sarat, and their
distinguished contributors perform an important public service by taking a
sustained look at yet another dangerous punitive excess.”
-Franklin
Zimring,William G. Simon Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
"The authors arguments are valid and strong."-Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review
"An essential title for students of criminal justice."-Library Journal
"An essential title for students of criminal justice."-Frances Sandiford,Library Journal
"The authors arguments are valid and strong."-Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review
"An essential title for students of criminal justice."-Library Journal
"An essential title for students of criminal justice."-Frances Sandiford,Library Journal
"A timely and engaging wake-up
call, Life Without Parole
is the first sustained attempt to understand the meaning of the newest weapon
in the American punitive armory. This provocative collection, clear-sighted in
its prophetic potential, questions whether LWOP is a humane alternative to the
death penalty or a fate worse than death. A must-read for all who want to
understand the dark underside of twenty-first century democracy in a country
where ever more citizens are condemned to a vast penal complex that redefines
death as it expands criminality."
-Colin
Dayan,author of The Law is a White Dog
"Life
Without Parole raises fundamental concerns both about the justice
and the wisdom of this uniquely American phenomenon. It also poses
uncomfortable questions for the reform community about the complex intersection
between the death penalty and life without parole. If we hope to produce a
justice system premised on human rights, we will have to find ways to respond
to these challenges. Life
Without Parole does a masterful job of pointing us in the right
direction to begin that process."
-Marc
Mauer,Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
About the Author
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. is Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School. Previous collaborations for NYU Press with Austin Sarat include From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America (2006), When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarraiges of Justice (2009), and The Road to Abolition? The Future of Capital Punishment in the United States (2010).Product Details
- Series: The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Series on Race and Justice
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: NYU Press (June 4, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0814762484
- ISBN-13: 978-0814762486
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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