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Franklin E. Zimring, "The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)"

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil surrounding the death penalty reflects a deep and long-standing division in American values, a division that he predicts will soon bring about the end of capital punishment in our country. On the one hand, execution would seem to violate our nation's highest legal principles of fairness and due process. It sets us increasingly apart from our allies and indeed is regarded by European nations as a barbaric and particularly egregious form of American exceptionalism. On the other hand, the death penalty represents a deeply held American belief in violent social justice that sees the hangman as an agent of local control and safeguard of community values. Zimring uncovers the most troubling symptom of this attraction to vigilante justice in the lynch mob. He shows that the great majority of executions in recent decades have occurred in precisely those Southern states where lynchings were most common a hundred years ago. It is this legacy, Zimring suggests, that constitutes both the distinctive appeal of the death penalty in the United States and one of the most compelling reasons for abolishing it. Impeccably researched and engagingly written, Contradictions in American Capital Punishment casts a clear new light on America's long and troubled embrace of the death penalty.

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"....Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it?...

NEWS FLASH to the reviewer: BCAUZ ur "50 other developed democracies r f*kin GAY LOSER, HOMO SOCIALIST WIMPS! Got that? pass it on.

And this shithole Amerika isn't going much better either!

Ever lose someone to murder Mr. Book Reviewer? I HAVE! F*K that! U take a life then EXPECT to get ur crap-ass 'recycled' in return. These bitches SHOULD b done in the exact same ways!!!!!

U ever consider that when u lock these defective DNA's up for years that u victimize the family over and over again bcuz they get taxes extracted to provide these shitz with room board, food, tv and f*king AIR! F*k that and f*k u Mr. Book Reviewer.

The only "contradiction" is giving f*kin murderers ANYTHING but death past the FIRST trial!! DONE!

and 'we' should kill the f*kin pedophiles while we're at it! Praise God! send 'em back to Him for the next ass-kickin. It's the spiritual thing to do! NOW I'm done!

Thank you! :)

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