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- catalog abstract "Sobered by mounting evidence of wrongful convictions in capital cases, both death penalty advocates and abolitionists are calling for a moratorium on executions in the United States. This book delves into the difficult questions surrounding the heated public and legal debate about a criminal justice system that risks the state-sanctioned killing of an innocent person. Focusing on executive clemency petitions, the final hope for death row inmates, Cathleen Burnett exposes troubling flaws in the legal process of administering the death penalty. Her in-depth examination of all of the fifty petitions presented to the governors of Missouri since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1977, shows how the machinery of justice often fails the condemned and their victims alike. Skillfully interweaving her investigation with compelling case studies, Burnett considers particular stages in death penalty convictions to illuminate the mistakes and miscarriages of justice commonly addressed in clemency petitions -- police misconduct and false testimony; overzealous prosecution; ineffective defense counsel; judicial prejudice; and state and federal appellate reviews that increasingly neglect the protection of individual rights. Burnett also probes the decision-making process in evaluating clemency petitions, showing how political and other persuasive forces, from the media to the Pope, limit a governor's ability to act as a reliable fail-safe to capital punishment.".
- catalog contributor b12535945.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The police investigation -- The prosecutor's misconduct -- The defense attorney -- The trial judge -- Appellate courts -- Governors' decisions: fail safe or fiction? -- The clemency alternative: justice denied.".
- catalog description "Sobered by mounting evidence of wrongful convictions in capital cases, both death penalty advocates and abolitionists are calling for a moratorium on executions in the United States. This book delves into the difficult questions surrounding the heated public and legal debate about a criminal justice system that risks the state-sanctioned killing of an innocent person. Focusing on executive clemency petitions, the final hope for death row inmates, Cathleen Burnett exposes troubling flaws in the legal process of administering the death penalty. Her in-depth examination of all of the fifty petitions presented to the governors of Missouri since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1977, shows how the machinery of justice often fails the condemned and their victims alike. Skillfully interweaving her investigation with compelling case studies, Burnett considers particular stages in death penalty convictions to illuminate the mistakes and miscarriages of justice commonly addressed in clemency petitions -- police misconduct and false testimony; overzealous prosecution; ineffective defense counsel; judicial prejudice; and state and federal appellate reviews that increasingly neglect the protection of individual rights. Burnett also probes the decision-making process in evaluating clemency petitions, showing how political and other persuasive forces, from the media to the Pope, limit a governor's ability to act as a reliable fail-safe to capital punishment.".
- catalog extent "xx, 251 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Justice denied.".
- catalog identifier "1555535208 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1555535216 (hardback : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Justice denied.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Justice denied.".
- catalog spatial "Missouri".
- catalog subject "345.778/0773 21".
- catalog subject "Capital punishment Missouri History.".
- catalog subject "Clemency Missouri History.".
- catalog subject "KFM8365.C2 B87 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The police investigation -- The prosecutor's misconduct -- The defense attorney -- The trial judge -- Appellate courts -- Governors' decisions: fail safe or fiction? -- The clemency alternative: justice denied.".
- catalog title "Justice denied : clemency appeals in death penalty cases / Cathleen Burnett.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".