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While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment enjoys vast and growing support in the United States. A significant and vocal minority, however, continues to oppose it. Against Capital Punishment is the first full account of anti-death penalty activism in America during the years since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended.

Building on in-depth interviews with movement leaders and the records of key abolitionist organizations, this work traces the struggle against the pro-death penalty backlash that has steadily gained momentum since the 1970s. It reviews the conservative turn in the courts which, over the last two decades, has forced death penalty opponents to rely less on the litigation strategies that once served them well. It describes their efforts to mount a broad-based educational and political assault on what they see as the most cruel, racist, ineffective, and expensive manifestation of a criminal justice system gone wrong.

Despite the efforts of death-penalty opponents, executions in the United States are on the increase. Against Capital Punishment diagnoses the reasons for the failure to mobilize widespread opposition to executions, and assesses the prospects for opposition to capital punishment in the future of the United States. ... Read more

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Highly recommended for death penalty opponents
Herbert Haines explores the history of the death penalty abolitionist movement in the United States.He discusses the various strategies and beliefs that have been behind the movement since its inception in this country.After presenting the movement in this historical context, Haines makes sound recommendations for the future of the movement.A very practical and wonderful work. ... Read more

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Chapters: Iranian Anti-Death Penalty Activists, People Executed by Iran, Prisoners Sentenced to Death by Iran, Amir-Abbas Hoveida, 1988 Executions of Iranian Political Prisoners, Hassan Zia-Zarifi, Farzad Kamangar, Nazanin Fatehi, Akbar Mohammadi, Shadi Sadr, Farrokhroo Parsa, Hassan Pakravan, Reza Alinejad, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Mona Mahmudnizhad, Khosro Roozbeh, Parviz Ghelichkhani, Nader Jahanbani, Abolqasem Lahouti, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Mina Ahadi, Nasser Moghadam, Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, Sherko Moarefi, Mehdi Dibaj, Nematollah Nassiri, Gholamreza Nikpey, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Habibollah Latifi, Zeynab Jalaliyan, Bahram Afzali, Hossein Soodmand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 122. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Persian: Amr `Abbs Hoveyda (February 18, 1920 April 7, 1979) was an Iranian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Iran from January 27, 1965 to August 7, 1977. Born in Tehran to Habibollah Hoveida (Ayn al-Molk), a seasoned diplomat, most prominent during the latter years of the Qajar dynasty, and Afsar al-Moluk, a descendent of the very royal family the senior Hoveida would serve for much of his adult life. While Hoveida's father had been a Bahá'í, he had left the religion and Hoveida himself was not religious. He was the nephew of Abdol Hossein Sardari, also known as "Schindler of Iran". Because of the responsibilities borne by diplomats such as Ayn al-Molk, the Hoveida family was never fixed in one residence for any prolonged length of time. This nomadic existence is clearly evident in Amir Abbas education. Studying in various countries gave Hoveida a unique cosmopolitan flair that would remain being his most enduring characteristic. During the family's stay in Beirut, Lebanon, Hoveida attended Lycée Français, an institution affiliated wit...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1328872 ... Read more

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Chapters: Japanese Anti-Death Penalty Activists, People Executed by Japan, Prisoners Sentenced to Death by Japan, Shoko Asahara, Futoshi Matsunaga, Kaoru Kobayashi, Sadamichi Hirasawa, Martyrs of Japan, Lorenzo Ruiz, Hiroko Nagata, Sakae Menda, Masumi Hayashi, Shizuka Kamei, Yoshihiro Yasuda, Iwao Hakamada, Ono No Azumabito, Seiken Sugiura, Shigemitsu Dandō. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 79. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Capital punishment is legal in Japan. The Time newspaper claimed that it was effectively suspended on September 17, 2009 with the appointment of Keiko Chiba as Minister of Justice. However, no official policy statement is made in this regard. Chiba only stated that "I will cautiously handle (the cases) based on the duties of the justice minister," The only crimes for which capital punishment is statutory are homicide and treason. Between 1946 and 1993, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death (including a small number from People's Republic of China, South Korea and Malaysia), 608 of whom were executed. The death penalty is ordinarily imposed in cases of multiple murders involving aggravating factors. According to Article 475 of the 'Japanese Code of Criminal Procedure', the death penalty must be executed within six months after the failure of the prisoner's final appeal upon an order from the Minister of Justice. However, the period requesting retrial or pardon is exempt from this regulation. Therefore, in practice, the typical stay on death row is between five and seven years; a quarter of the prisoners have been on death row for over ten years. For several, the stay has been over 30 years (Sadamichi Hirasawa died of natural causes at the age of 95, after awaiting execution for 32 years). After the failure of the final appeal process to the supreme co...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4967816 ... Read more

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Coalition Building in the Anti-Death Penalty Movement uses the concepts of the political process model of social movements to analyze the factors that shape the racial face of the anti-death penalty movement. Contests are found to emerge over mobilizing and framing strategies as activists react to the political opportunity structure in a manner that privileges moral arguments above the racial ones that would allow them to build a more racially diverse constituency. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Peace and Freedom, published by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 4089 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Anti-death penalty committee. (Committee Corner).
Author: Jen Geiger
Publication: Peace and Freedom (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Volume: 63Issue: 1Page: 9(1)

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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis Journalism Review on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 909 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Mass media coverage of capital crimes goes through a pattern of antagonism against the convict followed by a near veneration of the convict a few days before the actual execution. The reversal of attitude towards the criminal is attributable to people's distrust of the government that imposed the punishment. Earlier news reports focus on the heinous details of the crime making the public feel that the criminal is really deserving of death. Latter reports depict the criminal as the victim. The state is perceived to favor the rich over the poor as nearly all executed people are poor.

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Title: Here.(anti-death penalty stance)
Author: Ed Bishop
Publication: St. Louis Journalism Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: SJR St. Louis Journalism Review
Volume: 29Issue: 14Page: 4(1)

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