The pros and cons of life without parole / Catherine Appleton, Bent Grover
In: British Journal of Criminology (The).ISSN 0007-0955. Oxford. Vol. 47, n. 4 (July 2007) , p. 597-615Idioma: Inglês.Assunto: CRIME VIOLENTO | SANÇÃO PENAL | PENA DE MORTE | LIBERDADE CONDICIONAL | ESTADOS UNIDOS Resumo: The question of how societies should respond to their most serious crimes if not the death penalty is 'perhaps the oldest of all the issues raised by the two-century struggle in western civilization to end the death penalty' (Bedau, 1990: 481). In this article we draw attention to the rapid and extraordinary increase in the use of 'life imprisonment without parole' in the United States. We aim to critically asses the main arguments put forward by supporters of whole life imprisonment as a punishment provided by law to replace the death penalty and argue against life-long detention as the ultimate sanction.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The question of how societies should respond to their most serious crimes if not the death penalty is 'perhaps the oldest of all the issues raised by the two-century struggle in western civilization to end the death penalty' (Bedau, 1990: 481). In this article we draw attention to the rapid and extraordinary increase in the use of 'life imprisonment without parole' in the United States. We aim to critically asses the main arguments put forward by supporters of whole life imprisonment as a punishment provided by law to replace the death penalty and argue against life-long detention as the ultimate sanction.
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