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Normalizing extreme imprsonment : the case of life without parole in California /

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A critical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP). This book presents a unique case study of the 'normalization' of LWOP and the extent to which groups and individuals within civil society who challenge capital punishment have helped normalize LWOP by fos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vannier, Marion, 1981- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
Life imprisonment > California.
Corrections > California.
Réclusion à perpétuité > Californie.
Services correctionnels > Californie.
Corrections
Life imprisonment
California
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The origins of LWOP in California; 1. Introduction; 2. The utilitarian function of LWOP; 3. The humanitarian justification for LWOP; 4. Preserving the death penalty; 5. LWOP and the punitive turns; 6. Conclusion
  • 2. Campaigning for LWOP; 1. Introduction; 2. The initiative process and the reality of abolition; 3. Educating the people; a) Setting educational goals; b) Navigating a 'tough-on-crime' political climate; c) Shifting public opinion; d) Redressing misconceptions about LWOP; e) Voicing victims' families' opposition to the death penalty; 4. Convincing voters: the 2012 SAFE campaign; a) 'Howl with the wolves, if you wish to get along with them': rallying the unlikely allies; b) LWOP provides 'Justice that works for everyone'; c) Strategic framing of LWOP's severity; d) Opposing Proposition 34; 5. Conclusion
  • 3. Settling and pleading for LWOP; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-trial: convincing prosecutors to settle for LWOP; 3. At trial: pleading for LWOP; a) The mandatory application of LWOP; b) Emphasizing the severity of LWOP; 4. Appealing LWOP sentences; a) Post-conviction reviews; b) Challenging LWOP before the Supreme Court under the Eighth Amendment; c) Judicial preceptions of LWOP's severity; 5. Conclusion
  • Annex
  • 4. Prisoners' experiences of LWOP; 1. Introduction; 2. Procedural death; 3. Carceral social death; a) Life in limbo; b) Exclusions and discriminations; 4. Embodied death; a) Ageing and diseased bodies; b) Violence and suicide; c) Parenthood and parenting; 5. Conclusion
  • 5. Normalizing extreme imprisonment; 1. Normalizing LWOP as a 'death penalty thing'; 2. Normalizing extreme imprisonment
  • Appendix: Doing research on LWOP in California; 1. Unearthing LWOP's roots; 2. Tracing LWOP's evolution; 3. Interviewing anti-death penalty reformers; 4. LWOP's severity through prisoners' letters; 5. Making sense
  • Bibliography
  • Index