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Executing justice : the moral meaning of the death penalty / Lloyd Steffen.
- Title
- Executing justice : the moral meaning of the death penalty / Lloyd Steffen.
- Author
- Steffen, Lloyd H., 1951-
- Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV8698 .S74 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 185 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Black journalist Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. Abu-Jamal's defense attorney weighs in on the legal and social ambiguities of his case. Details Abu-Jamal's Black Panther background and the political atmosphere of Philadelphia.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Popular support for the death penalty -- Who was Willie Darden? -- Just means and ends, or just killing? -- Right to life, liberty, and security -- Service to the greater good -- Just retribution for murder -- Theory of just execution -- Just execution : testing practice against theory -- Symbol, power, and the death of God.
- ISBN
- 0829812199 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^98036236^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library