{"product_id":"death-penalty-in-decline-the-fight-against-capital-punishment-in-the-decades-since-furman-v-georgia-paperback-softback-9781439924822","title":"Death Penalty in Decline?; The Fight Against Capital Punishment in the Decades Since Furman V. Georgia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439924822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeath Penalty in Decline?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Fight Against Capital Punishment in the Decades Since Furman V. Georgia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAustin Sarat (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439924822\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This book’s stellar compilation of scholars takes a critical and reflective look at the shape of the death penalty’s evolution since the landmark decision in \u003c\/i\u003eFurman v. Georgia\u003ci\u003e, which nearly achieved abolition. Building from this foundation, these experts turn a discerning eye toward what may be in store for this country’s most severe penalty and if abolition may be part of that future. Whether you are for or against capital punishment, \u003c\/i\u003eDeath Penalty in Decline?\u003ci\u003e is a markedly insightful and timely exploration.”\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDeborah W. Denno\u003c\/b\u003e, Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham University School of Law \u003ci\u003e“The death penalty is in decline, and no wonder-it takes too long, costs too much, discriminates against poor people of color, and risks killing innocent people. It remains a severe, degrading, and barbaric punishment that has been largely abandoned by the democratic countries of the world and most places in the United States. And some of the executions that are carried out are botched. This book provides a valuable examination of the past and future of this profound and irreversible penalty.”\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eStephen Bright\u003c\/b\u003e, Lecturer at Yale and Georgetown law schools, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Sarat assembles a compelling collection of scholarly essays to consider the meandering legacy of \u003c\/i\u003eFurman v. Georgia\u003ci\u003e (1972).... The scholars here consider the irony that in the short term the anti-death penalty Furman decision reinvigorated the death penalty issue, inspiring more public support and action in dozens of state legislatures. In the long term, however, the guided discretion Furman set loose proved unable to produce a reliably fair process, costing the death penalty support in two places where it clearly matters: state legislatures and jury boxes.... Summing Up: Recommended.\"\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eDeath Penalty in Decline?\u003ci\u003e brings back into focus the significance and complexity of the ruling in a timely manner, more than 50 years after Furman.... The structure of this book helps gradually immerse readers in the interpretation of the Furman ruling and progressively reveals the complexity of its impact.... Taken together, this book theoretically answers, or tries to answer a series of important questions, like what is missing in Furman, how that shapes the current status of the death penalty, and what is going to happen in the future.\"\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCriminal Law and Criminal Justice Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e“[A] timely examination of this drop in the use of the death penalty…. [B]y featuring scholars discussing different aspects of Furman’s impact, Sarat and the chapter authors have produced an important intellectual discussion of the modern death penalty, finding both common ground and some points of disagreement. Sarat here has done an excellent job of collecting and cultivating these different perspectives into a book that provides readers with outstanding insight into the impact of a landmark Supreme Court case and into the questionable future of the death penalty in the United States.”\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow have prospects for abolishing the death penalty changed since the 1972 Supreme Court decision, \u003ci\u003eFurman v Georgia?\u003c\/i\u003e The editor and contributors to \u003ci\u003eDeath Penalty in Decline?\u003c\/i\u003e assess the contemporary death penalty landscape and look at the trends in and attitudes toward capital punishment and its abolition. They highlight factors that are propelling alternatives to the death penalty as well as the obstacles to ending it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At a time when the United States is undertaking an unprecedented national reconsideration of the death penalty, \u003ci\u003eDeath Penalty in Decline?\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to evaluate how abolitionists might succeed today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors: John Bessler, Corinna Barrett Lain, James R. Martel, Linda Ross Meyer, Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. 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