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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.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : New Press, [2018]Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781620974094 (hbk: alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.6 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8694 .M38 2018
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8694 .M38 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001452761

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.

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