The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence

by Amber E. Boydstun, Frank R. Baumgartner, Suzanna L. De Boef

Book Overview

Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined by more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But it is no longer seen as a theoretical matter. Prosecutors, judges, and juries across the country have moved in large numbers to give much greater credence to the possibility of mistakes - mistakes that in this arena are potentially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521715245
• ISBN13: 9780521715249
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"