TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mauer,Marc
AU  - Nellis,Ashley
TI  - The meaning of life: the case for abolishing life sentences 
SN  - 9781620974094 (hbk: alk. paper)
AV  - HV8694 .M38 2018
U1  - 364.6 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York
PB  - New Press
KW  - Capital punishment
N1  - 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
ER  -