Mercy on trial
Subtitle: what it means to stop an execution
By: Austin Sarat.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Ryan, George H; Clemency -- Illinois; Pardon -- Illinois; Capital punishment -- Illinois
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Mercy, clemency, and capital punishment : the Illinois story; title: Capital clemency in the twentieth century : putting Illinois in context; title: The jurisprudence of clemency : what place for mercy?; title: Governing clemency : from redemption to retribution; title: Clemency without mercy : George Ryan's dilemma; title: Conclusion : on mercy and its risks.