The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences /
Mauer, Marc,
The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences / Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis ; with six profiles of "lifers" by former lifer Kerry Myers. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: lessons of "the birdman" -- Life by the numbers / Denise Dodson -- Policies that drive life sentences / Kelly Garrett and Justin Singleton -- Doing life -- "Death is different" / Sam Lewis -- The American commitment to punishment -- The meaning of life around the world / William Underwood -- The racial meaning of life -- The meaning of life for criminal justice reform / Anita Colon and Robert Holbrook -- The meaning of life for public safety -- Enacting a twenty-year maximum sentence / Willis X. Harris -- The future of life in america -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
9781620974094 (hbk: alk. paper)
2018033337
Capital punishment.
HV8694 / .M38 2018
364.6
The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences / Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis ; with six profiles of "lifers" by former lifer Kerry Myers. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: lessons of "the birdman" -- Life by the numbers / Denise Dodson -- Policies that drive life sentences / Kelly Garrett and Justin Singleton -- Doing life -- "Death is different" / Sam Lewis -- The American commitment to punishment -- The meaning of life around the world / William Underwood -- The racial meaning of life -- The meaning of life for criminal justice reform / Anita Colon and Robert Holbrook -- The meaning of life for public safety -- Enacting a twenty-year maximum sentence / Willis X. Harris -- The future of life in america -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
9781620974094 (hbk: alk. paper)
2018033337
Capital punishment.
HV8694 / .M38 2018
364.6