Mauer, Marc, <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781620974094 (hbk: alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018033337 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8694  / .M38 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.6