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Condemned to die : life under sentence of death / Robert Johnson

By: Johnson, Robert, 1948- [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Elsevier , c1981Description: xii, 190 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 444990895Subject(s): DEATH -- SENTENCE | PUNISHMENTLOC classification: HV 8699.U5 .J64 1981

Contents:

1. Man against himself: studying the human dimension -- 2. Pathways to death row -- 3. Roots of powerlessness -- 4. Death work and the crucible of fear -- 5. Contemplating execution -- 6. A living death-- 7. Capital punishment: the view from death row.

Summary: They contend that the the pose death penalty pays its own way be eliminating the most hardened and unrepentant offenders. These dead men, however dangerous in life, commit no more crimes. Whatever the real or imagined merits of capital punishment, no rationale for the death penalty demands warehousing of prisoners under sentence of death. The punishment is death. There is nei ther a mandate nor a justification for inhumane confinement prior to imposition of sentence.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	General Education	Relegation Room	GC HV 8699.U5 .J64 1981 c.1 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000004575
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	General Education	Relegation Room	GC HV 8699.U5 .J64 1981 c.2 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.2	Available		NULIB000004590

Includes bibliography and index.

They contend that the the pose death penalty pays its own way be eliminating the most hardened and unrepentant offenders. These dead men, however dangerous in life, commit no more crimes.
Whatever the real or imagined merits of capital punishment, no rationale for the death penalty demands warehousing of prisoners under sentence of death. The punishment is death. There is nei ther a mandate nor a justification for inhumane confinement prior to imposition of sentence.

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