Race and the death penalty : the legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp / David P. Keys and R.J. Maratea.
In what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our times, the US Supreme Court found in McCleskey v. Kemp that evidence of overwhelming racial disparities in the capital punishment process could not be admitted in individual capital cases-in effect institutionalizing a racially unequal system of...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colorado :
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.,
2016.
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| Summary: | In what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our times, the US Supreme Court found in McCleskey v. Kemp that evidence of overwhelming racial disparities in the capital punishment process could not be admitted in individual capital cases-in effect institutionalizing a racially unequal system of criminal justice. Exploring the enduring legacy of this radical decision nearly three decades later, the authors of Race and the Death Penalty examine the persistence of racial discrimination in the practice of capital punishment, the dynamics that drive it, and the human consequences of both. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626375130 1626375135 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |