Public executions
Subtitle: the death penalty and the media
By: Christopher S. Kudlac.
Series: Crime, media, and popular culture
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780275993078
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States; Capital punishment -- United States -- Public opinion; Executions and executioners -- Press coverage -- United States; Death row inmates -- Press coverage -- United States; Mass media and public opinion -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Capital punishment, the media, and changing sensibilities; title: A short history of the death penalty; title: Serial killers, 1977-1994; title: Protest cases, 1994-2002; title: Federal death penalty and terrorism; title: A focus on the system : moratorium, DNA cases, and the Supreme Court; title: Conclusion.