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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth Williams , Professor Austin D. SaratPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.566kg ISBN: 9780754678854ISBN 10: 0754678857 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 28 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Ken Williams shines light into the dark corners of the capital punishment debate by focusing on the procedural nightmare. He takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the system's failures, showing starkly how bad lawyering, racial discrimination, and shoddy science, for example, can mean the difference between life and death.' Susan D. Rozelle, Stetson University College of Law, USA 'Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment, the death penalty is more dysfunctional than ever. From racial discrimination, to incompetent lawyers, to wrongful convictions, Williams offers a guided tour of the Supreme Court's failure to ensure a just system that executes only the most deserving.' Adam Gershowitz, University of Houston Law Center, USA 'Williams has given us a powerful call to arms aimed at the judiciary. His book is brilliantly written, thorough, and a powerful normative appeal to reform the death penalty process.' Andrew E. Taslitz, Howard University School of Law, USA/Co-Reporter, The Death Penalty Initiative of the Constitution Project '... Williams convincingly shows that the death penalty has been, and continues to be, largely dysfunctional, so that it would be the sheerest coincidence if those executed were indeed most deserving of death. ' Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books 'Ken Williams shines light into the dark corners of the capital punishment debate by focusing on the procedural nightmare. He takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the system's failures, showing starkly how bad lawyering, racial discrimination, and shoddy science, for example, can mean the difference between life and death.' Susan D. Rozelle, Stetson University College of Law, USA 'Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment, the death penalty is more dysfunctional than ever. From racial discrimination, to incompetent lawyers, to wrongful convictions, Williams offers a guided tour of the Supreme Court's failure to ensure a just system that executes only the most deserving.' Adam Gershowitz, University of Houston Law Center, USA 'Williams has given us a powerful call to arms aimed at the judiciary. His book is brilliantly written, thorough, and a powerful normative appeal to reform the death penalty process.' Andrew E. Taslitz, Howard University School of Law, USA/Co-Reporter, The Death Penalty Initiative of the Constitution Project ’... Williams convincingly shows that the death penalty has been, and continues to be, largely dysfunctional, so that it would be the sheerest coincidence if those executed were indeed most deserving of death.’ Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books Author InformationKenneth Williams is Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, USA and is a national authority on capital punishment. He has taught and published extensively on the subject, and currently represents several death row inmates in the state of Texas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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