Capital Punishment As Public Spectacle
Reported accounts of how American executions are carried out, contested, and turned into spectacle, alongside the sentencing system that decides who lives and who dies.
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Let the Lord Sort ThemMaurice ChammahIts deeply reported account of the Texas death penalty gives readers a close look at the punishment system behind the...Shelf signal: Capital Punishment
The VolunteerGianna ToboniIts account of a death-row inmate’s wish to die examines execution as both a personal fate and a public system of...Shelf signal: Capital Punishment
End of Its RopeBrandon L. GarrettIts examination of wrongful convictions and the decline of death sentences puts the risks and consequences of capital...Shelf signal: Capital Punishment
The Forgotten MenMargaret E. LeigeyIts study of life-without-parole sentences broadens the shelf to consider how the state imposes permanent punishment...Shelf signal: Penology & Prisons
The Long TermAlice Kim, Erica MeinersIts account of people sentenced to decades in prison illuminates the lasting human consequences of severe criminal...Shelf signal: Penology & Prisons
The Tragedy of True CrimeWill Damron, John J. LennonIts reflection on crime, incarceration, and true-crime storytelling helps frame the ethical questions raised when...Shelf signal: True Crime