Confronting the death penalty : how language influences jurors in capital cases /

'Confronting the Death Penalty' probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores how language, including written laws and trial talk, affects jurors' death...

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Main Author:	Conley Riner, Robin (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:	Oxford studies in language and law.
Subjects:	Capital punishment > United States. Jury > United States. Decision making. Decision Making Peine de mort > États-Unis. Prise de décision. decision making. Capital punishment Decision making Jury United States Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book