Introduction: Death penalty abolitionism in America -- The fall and rise of capital punishment: 1965-1976 -- The return of the executioner: 1976-1982 -- The reemergence of political abolitionism -- Framing disputes in the movement against capital punishment -- Abolitionism at the crossroads -- Reframing capital punishment: pragmatic abolitionism -- Afterword: Spring, 1999
Summary
While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment has growing support in the United States. A significant and vocal minority continues to oppose it. This is an account of anti-death penalty activism in America since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index
