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How Ethical Systems Change: Lynching and Capital Punishment (Framing 21st Century Social Issues)
How Ethical Systems Change Lynching and Capital Punishment - Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Author: Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Danielle Dirks
Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States. By mid-twentieth century these connections gave rise to a small but well-focused reform movement. Biased and perfunctory procedures were replaced by prolonged trials and appeals, which some found messy and meaningless. DNA profiling clearly established innocent person...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415505192
ISBN-10: 0415505194
Publication Date: 12/6/2011
Pages: 80
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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