TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson, Robert,
TI  - Condemned to die: life under sentence of death 
SN  - 444990895
AV  - HV 8699.U5 .J64 1981  
PY  - 1981///
CY  - New York
PB  - Elsevier (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
KW  - DEATH -- SENTENCE
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Man against himself: studying the human dimension -- 2. Pathways to death row -- 3. Roots of powerlessness -- 4. Death work and the crucible of fear -- 5. Contemplating execution -- 6. A living death-- 7. Capital punishment: the view from death row.
N2  - They contend that the the pose death penalty pays its own way be eliminating the most hardened and unrepentant offenders. These dead men, however dangerous in life, commit no more crimes.  Whatever the real or imagined merits of capital punishment, no rationale for the death penalty demands warehousing of prisoners under sentence of death. The punishment is death. There is nei ther a mandate nor a justification for inhumane confinement prior to imposition of sentence
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