TY - BOOK AU - Sarat,Austin AU - Ogletree,Charles J. ED - Project Muse. TI - Life without parole: America's new death penalty? SN - 9780814762493 AV - KF9750 .L54 2012 U1 - 364.6/5 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology KW - bisacsh KW - LAW / Criminal Law / General KW - LAW / General KW - Capital punishment KW - United States KW - Life imprisonment KW - Parole KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Is life without parole the perfect compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without parole as "the new death penalty." Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural, political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment? How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting, reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States? Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814762493/ ER -