The Death Penalty: What's Keeping It Alive

by Andrea D. Lyon

Book Overview

The United States is divided about the death penalty--17 states have banned it, while the remaining states have not. From wrongful convictions to botched executions, capital punishment is fraught with controversy. In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping It Alive, award-winning criminal defense attorney Andrea Lyon turns a critical eye towards the reasons why the death penalty remains active in most states, in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442232676
• ISBN13: 9781442232679
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 9.7"