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Who Owns Death? Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions

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ISBN-10: 0380974983

ISBN-13: 9780380974986

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert J. Lifton, Greg Mitchell

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A pair of award-winning authors interviewed Americans deeply involved in the death penalty system, and they explore the mind-set of those who play some role in executions -- including prison wardens, prosecutors, jurors, judges, and relatives of murder victims.
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/31/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

A distinguished professor of psychology & psychiatry at John Jay College & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Robert Jay Lifton is the author of many important works, including "The Nazis Doctors," winner of the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, & "Death in Life," winner of a National Book Award.

Greg Mitchell is the author of several acclaimed political books, including Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady and The Campaign of the Century, as well as a memoir, Joy in Mudville. He currently serves as features editor of Editor & Publisher magazine.

Acknowledgments
Preface: Capital Punishment in America: Are Its Days Numbered?
Today and Yesterday
The Pope's Travel Plans: Three States, Three Views of the Death Penalty
Executions in America: Trends and Beginnings
Methods of Execution: Seeking a "Humane" End, from Noose to Needle
Executioners
Wardens and Guards, Chaplains and Doctors
Prosecutors and Governors
Jurors and Judges
The Rest of Us
Witnessing
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion, Private Doubts
Who Owns Death?
The End of Executions
Afterword
Notes
Index