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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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Bibliographic Details
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
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Summary:'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 penalty decisions. By focusing on how language can both facilitate and stymie empathic encounters, Conley investigates theinterface between experiential and linguistic aspects of legal-decision making to address the moral conflict faced by jurors that is inherent to death penalty trials.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190263911
0190263911