Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W39593174> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 63 of
63
with 100 items per page.
- W39593174 abstract "In McCleskey v. Kemp, the United States Supreme Court refrained from addressing the overwhelming evidence that race, and particularly the race of the victim, played a role in the administration of the death penalty. Twenty-five years later, with no corrective measures taken to ensure that the worst of the worst offenders receive the death penalty, the death penalty in America is as arbitrary as it ever was.This article suggests that while both the majority and the dissent in McCleskey noted the history of racism in the South, neither confronted the manner in which racism was imbedded in the goal of retribution. A careful examination of death sentences in the modern era reflects that racism acrued at a county rather than a state level. The author suggests that the history of lynching, especially in the deep south, is inexorably connected to retribution. Renewed focus on the value of retribution as a basis for imposing a death sentence is appropriate. The United States Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana, calls for further inquiry concerning the role of retribution in supporting the validity of the capital punishment. In Kennedy, the Court warned that “retribution” “most often can contradict the law’s own ends . . . When the law punishes by death, it risks its own sudden descent into brutality, transgressing the constitutional commitment to decency and restraint.”Future challenges to the constitutionality of capital punishment should address the connection between race and retribution, the impact that desire for retribution has on county-level administration of the death penalty, and the validity of retribution as a basis for imposing the death penalty." @default.
- W39593174 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W39593174 creator A5052706401 @default.
- W39593174 date "2012-11-19" @default.
- W39593174 modified "2023-09-25" @default.
- W39593174 title "McCleskey's Omission: The Racial Geography of Retribution" @default.
- W39593174 hasPublicationYear "2012" @default.
- W39593174 type Work @default.
- W39593174 sameAs 39593174 @default.
- W39593174 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W39593174 crossrefType "posted-content" @default.
- W39593174 hasAuthorship W39593174A5052706401 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C110928126 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C139621336 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C139838865 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C15744967 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C2776512386 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C2778272461 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C2779295839 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C73484699 @default.
- W39593174 hasConcept C77805123 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C110928126 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C139621336 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C139838865 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C144024400 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C15744967 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C17744445 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C199539241 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C2776512386 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C2778272461 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C2779295839 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C73484699 @default.
- W39593174 hasConceptScore W39593174C77805123 @default.
- W39593174 hasLocation W395931741 @default.
- W39593174 hasOpenAccess W39593174 @default.
- W39593174 hasPrimaryLocation W395931741 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W1503123889 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W1985061239 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2059292243 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2071063960 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2089142509 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2134378661 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2155725599 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2204147112 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2260649510 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2617713993 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2767442869 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2769838417 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W2806414447 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W3007942866 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W3123698326 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W3152244125 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W3158500106 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W81970130 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W90327043 @default.
- W39593174 hasRelatedWork W90648990 @default.
- W39593174 isParatext "false" @default.
- W39593174 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W39593174 magId "39593174" @default.
- W39593174 workType "article" @default.