Name: Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America (en Inglés)
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Author: John D. Bessler
ISBN: 9781555533571

portada Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Northeastern University Press

Autor

John D. Bessler

Año

1998

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

319

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781555533571

Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America (en Inglés)

John D. Bessler (Autor) · Northeastern University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America (en Inglés)"

Executions in the United States are hidden from public view. Laws severely restrict the number of witnesses and journalists, and television cameras are forbidden in prison execution chambers. Capital punishment is cloaked in added secrecy because executions are often performed in the middle of the night. This provocative book provides a comprehensive history of executions in the United States from colonial days to the present. Framing his analysis within the context of the politics of capital punishment and the role of the media in the death penalty debate, John Bessler begins by examining the transition from crowded public hangings in town squares to private executions behind prison walls. He then explores the origins and legislative rationales that led to statutory provisions mandating private, nighttime executions. Against this historical background, Bessler reviews changing public opinions concerning capital punishment, analyzes recent court decisions, and considers how politicians manipulate the death penalty as a get-tough-on-crime measure. Concluding with a penetrating discussion of recent attempts to televise executions, he addresses the constitutionality of barring cameras and illuminates both sides of the debate over public access to executions. Bessler convincingly argues that private execution laws shield Americans from the reality of the death penalty and prohibit them from making informed judgments about the morality of capital punishment.