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- catalog abstract "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, author 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 prevent them from making informed judgments about the morality of capital punishment.".
- catalog contributor b10473979.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. On the dark side -- 2. Public executions in America -- 3. The passage of private execution laws -- 4. After midnight, before sunrise -- 5. Minnesota's "Midnight assassination law" -- 6. Politicizing death -- 7. Televised executions?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-296) and index.".
- catalog description "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, author 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 prevent them from making informed judgments about the morality of capital punishment.".
- catalog extent "x, 319 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Death in the dark.".
- catalog identifier "1555533221 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Death in the dark.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Death in the dark.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.66/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment United States.".
- catalog subject "Executions and executioners United States.".
- catalog subject "HV8699.U5 B47 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. On the dark side -- 2. Public executions in America -- 3. The passage of private execution laws -- 4. After midnight, before sunrise -- 5. Minnesota's "Midnight assassination law" -- 6. Politicizing death -- 7. Televised executions?".
- catalog title "Death in the dark : midnight executions in America / John D. Bessler.".
- catalog type "text".