TY - BOOK AU - Sarat,Austin TI - When the state kills: capital punishment and the American condition SN - 0691007268 (alk. paper) AV - HV8699.U5 S27 2001 U1 - 364.66/0973 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - United States KW - Peine de mort KW - âEtats-Unis KW - Doodstraf KW - gtt KW - ram N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-314) and index; Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?" -- The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials -- Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life -- Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing -- The role of the jury in the killing state -- Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned -- To see or not to see : on televising executions -- State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile -- Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/prin031/00059862.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/00059862.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/00059862.html ER -