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The machinery of death : a shocking indictment of capital punishment in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Amnesty Interternational USA
Other Authors: Harlow, Enid, Matas, David, Rocamora, Jane
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Amnesty International USA, [1995]
Subjects:
Capital punishment > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The death penalty in the United States : a commentary and review / Henry Schwarzschild
  • The shame of the death penalty / Ashanti Chimurenga
  • U.S. death penalty : a legacy of slavery / Keith Jennings
  • International standards and the death penalty / Frank Solomon
  • International law and the death penalty / William A. Schabas
  • Iran and the death penalty / Abdol Karim Lahidji
  • The death penalty as a violation of international human rights norms / David Matas
  • Abolition of the death penalty by the year 2000 / Nicolo Amato
  • A land of violence / Ramsey Clark
  • The United States government and the death penalty / Diann Yvonne Rust-Tierney
  • Interim measures / Paul Hoffman
  • In the belly of the death penalty beast / Sam Reese Sheppard
  • The seeds of compassion / Bill Pelke
  • Popular support for the death penalty : mistaken beliefs / William J. Bowers
  • Capital juror interviews / Margaret Vandiver
  • International standards and the execution of juvenile defendants / Barbara Frey
  • Race, youth, poverty and the death penalty / Fred Taylor
  • The death penalty and those with mental retardation / Ruth Luckasson
  • Innocence and the death penalty / Hugo Adam Bedau
  • The death penalty : racial bias, cost and the risk of executing the innocent / Ronald Hampton
  • The case of Manuel Salazar / Marlene Kamish
  • When prosecutors seek the death penalty / Thomas Johnson
  • State-sanctioned killing is a matter of race / Joseph Ingle
  • The case of Gary Graham / Jew Don Boney
  • Race, poverty and disadvantage in the infliction of the death penalty in the death belt / Stephen B. Bright
  • Native Americans and the death penalty / Yvonne Swan
  • The death penalty is a politically repressive tool / Safiya Bukhari-Alston
  • The death of Ramon Montoya / Maria Elena Castellanos
  • Executive clemency and the death penalty / Neal Walker
  • A survivor's tale / Sonia Jacobs
  • Statement to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, April 1, 1993 / Walter McMillian
  • The executioner's perspective / Donald Cabana
  • Reservations to international documents concerning the death penalty / Lloyd Barnett
  • The injustice of the death penalty / Roger Hood
  • The death penalty in the land of liberty / Gitobu Imanyara
  • Human rights and the death penalty / Abdul Carimo Mahomed Issa
  • The need for education / Florizelle O'Connor
  • The human rights context / Belisario dos Santos
  • Response to the death penalty as practiced in the United States / Francis T. Seow
  • The U.S., the U.N., and arbitrary executions / Bacre Waly Ndiaye.