{"product_id":"life-without-parole-9780814762486","title":"Life without Parole","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors arguments are valid and strong. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eLife without Paroleshould play a critical role in the discussion of crime and punishment in the United States. It should stimulate debate over the severity of life without parole sentencing, demanding that we not regard it as an automatic alternative to the death penalty, and that we scrutinize each sentence for consistency with American ideals of fairness and compassion. * Journal of African American History *\u003cbr\u003eAn essential title for students of criminal justice. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eAn essential title for students of criminal justice. -- Frances Sandiford * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eLife Without Parole raises fundamental concerns both about the justice and the wisdom of this uniquely American phenomenon. It also poses uncomfortable questions for the reform community about the complex intersection between the death penalty and life without parole. If we hope to produce a justice system premised on human rights, we will have to find ways to respond to these challenges. Life Without Parole does a masterful job of pointing us in the right direction to begin that process. -- Marc Mauer,Executive Director, The Sentencing Project\u003cbr\u003eA timely and engaging wake-up call, Life Without Parole is the first sustained attempt to understand the meaning of the newest weapon in the American punitive armory. This provocative collection, clear-sighted in its prophetic potential, questions whether LWOP is a humane alternative to the death penalty or a fate worse than death. A must-read for all who want to understand the dark underside of twenty-first century democracy in a country where ever more citizens are condemned to a vast penal complex that redefines death as it expands criminality. -- Colin Dayan,author of The Law is a White Dog\u003cbr\u003eOne frightening by-product of the American struggle over capital punishment is the proliferation of Life Without Parole as its bastard offspring. LWOP is embraced without scrutiny by abolitionists who assume that anything is better than execution. It is enshrined as a prosecutorial consolation prize when cases meet the technical standards for 'capital' murder but defendants lack blameworthiness. The unqualified condemnation of LWOP comes from a crazy displacement of distrust that puts extra suffering on offenders because citizens dont trust those who govern. Fighting capital punishment must be a central concern in the United States. But threats to human rights rarely develop one at a time, so injustice must be fought on multiple fields of engagement. Ogletree, Sarat, and their distinguished contributors perform an important public service by taking a sustained look at yet another dangerous punitive excess. -- Franklin Zimring,William G. Simon Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments     Introduction: Lives on the Line: From Capital Punishment     to Life without Parole     Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat     Part I: Life without Parole in Context     1 Mandatory Life and the Death of Equitable Discretion     Josh Bowers     2 Death-in-Prison Sentences: Overutilized and Underscrutinized     Jessica S. Henry     3 Creating the Permanent Prisoner     Sharon Dolovich     4 Life without Parole under Modern Theories of Punishment     Paul H. Robinson     Part I I : Prospects for Reform     5 Defending Life     I. Bennett Capers     6 Life without Parole and the Hope for Real Sentencing Reform     Rachel E. Barkow     7 No Way Out? Life Sentences and the Politics of Penal Reform     Marie Gottschalk     8 Dignity and Risk: The Long Road from Graham v. Florida     to Abolition of Life without Parole     Jonathan Simon     About the Contributors      Index","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405901209943,"sku":"9780814762486","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814762486.jpg?v=1730493838","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-without-parole-9780814762486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}