No Winners Here Tonight: Race, Politics, and Geography in One of the Country's Busiest Death Penalty States - Couverture souple

Welsh-Huggins, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0821418343 ISBN 13 : 9780821418345

Editeur : Ohio University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Few subjects are as intensely debated in the United States as the death penalty. Some form of capital punishment has existed in America for hundreds of years, yet the justification for carrying out the ultimate sentence is a continuing source of controversy. No Winners Here Tonight explores the history of the death penalty and the question of its fairness through the experience of a single state, Ohio, which, despite its moderate midwestern values, has long had one of the country&;s most active death chambers.

In 1958, just four states accounted for half of the forty-eight executions carried out nationwide, each with six: California, Georgia, Ohio, and Texas. By the first decade of the new century, Ohio was second only to Texas in the number of people put to death each year. No Winners Here Tonight looks at this trend and determines that capital punishment has been carried out in an uneven fashion from its earliest days, with outcomes based not on blind justice but on the color of a person&;s skin, the whim of a local prosecutor, or the biases of the jury pool in the county in which a crime was committed.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins&;s work is the only comprehensive study of the history of the death penalty in Ohio. His analysis concludes that the current law, crafted by lawmakers to punish the worst of the state&;s killers, doesn&;t come close to its intended purpose and instead varies widely in its implementation. Welsh-Huggins takes on this controversial topic evenhandedly and with respect for the humanity of the accused and the victim alike. This exploration of the law of capital punishment and its application will appeal to students of criminal justice as well as those with an interest in law and public policy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus, Ohio, and the Nero Award-finalist author of seven mysteries from Swallow Press featuring Andy Hayes, a former Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned private eye. Welsh-Huggins is also the editor of Columbus Noir (Akashic Books) and his short fiction has appeared in publications including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and Mystery Tribune. His nonfiction book No Winners Here Tonight (Ohio University Press) is the definitive history of the death penalty in Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ohio University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0821418343
• ISBN 13: 9780821418345
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
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• Personne responsable: non disponible