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- catalog abstract "Legal Lynching is an impassioned rebuttal to advocates of the death penalty: legal executions are unjustly administered, are morally indefensible and fail to deter crime. A comprehensive rejection of the knee-jerk solution to the rise in violent crime, Legal Lynching comprises a history of state-sponsored execution, a consideration of the statistical evidence, an examination of scriptural justification for the taking of a life, and, most chilling, the true-life stories of those condemned to die who were later found to be innocent. With eloquent determination, Jackson examines the recent history of the death penalty. He reflects on high-profile cases, such as that of Mumia Abu-Jamal; assesses the state of the opposition movement; and reveals irrefutable discrepancies in the implementation of the death penalty based on race, class, sex, and geography. By giving lie to the notion that justice is administered blindly and fairly in the life-and-death cases, Jackson's exposition is an inspiring call to action.".
- catalog contributor b9588035.
- catalog contributor b9588036.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Legal Lynching is an impassioned rebuttal to advocates of the death penalty: legal executions are unjustly administered, are morally indefensible and fail to deter crime. A comprehensive rejection of the knee-jerk solution to the rise in violent crime, Legal Lynching comprises a history of state-sponsored execution, a consideration of the statistical evidence, an examination of scriptural justification for the taking of a life, and, most chilling, the true-life stories of those condemned to die who were later found to be innocent. With eloquent determination, Jackson examines the recent history of the death penalty. He reflects on high-profile cases, such as that of Mumia Abu-Jamal; assesses the state of the opposition movement; and reveals irrefutable discrepancies in the implementation of the death penalty based on race, class, sex, and geography. By giving lie to the notion that justice is administered blindly and fairly in the life-and-death cases, Jackson's exposition is an inspiring call to action.".
- catalog description "The roots of capital punishment -- Alternatives to the death penalty -- Innocence and the death penalty: the danger of mistaken executions -- Cruel and unusual punishment: is the death penalty unconstitutional? -- Deadly numbers: race, geography, sex, and the death penalty -- Deterrence, brutalization, and snowstorms -- Poor man's penalty: lack of representation -- Thou shalt not kill: biblical, theological, and moral dimensions of the death penalty -- Faith, popular opinion, and the future of capital punishment -- Appendix: National organizations against the death penalty.".
- catalog extent "224 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1569247617 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Marlowe & Co.,".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "365.6/6/0973 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans.".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment United States.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination in capital punishment United States.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States.".
- catalog subject "HV8699.U5 J33 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "The roots of capital punishment -- Alternatives to the death penalty -- Innocence and the death penalty: the danger of mistaken executions -- Cruel and unusual punishment: is the death penalty unconstitutional? -- Deadly numbers: race, geography, sex, and the death penalty -- Deterrence, brutalization, and snowstorms -- Poor man's penalty: lack of representation -- Thou shalt not kill: biblical, theological, and moral dimensions of the death penalty -- Faith, popular opinion, and the future of capital punishment -- Appendix: National organizations against the death penalty.".
- catalog title "Legal lynching : racism, injustice, and the death penalty / Jesse Jackson with Jesse Jackson, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".