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Author Madeira, Jody Lynee.

Title Killing McVeigh [electronic resource] : the death penalty and the myth of closure / Jody Lynee Madeira.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxvii, 321 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "A rude awakening": the origins of the victim-offender relationship -- "He broke into my life": experiencing the victim-offender relationship -- Opening up "closure": redefining a controversial term -- "We come here to remember": joining advocacy groups -- "God bless the media": negotiating news coverage -- "Making sure justice was served": pursuing accountability -- Emotion on trial: prosecuting Timothy McVeigh -- Reaching law's limits: trying Terry Nichols and welcoming the McVeigh jury to Oklahoma city -- The storm before the calm: awaiting McVeigh's execution -- The weight of an impossible world: McVeigh confronts his public image -- Done to death: the execution and the end of the victim-offender relationship.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject McVeigh, Timothy -- Trials, litigation, etc.
McVeigh, Timothy -- Imprisonment.
Domestic terrorism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Domestic terrorism -- Social aspects -- United States.
Capital punishment -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Victims of terrorism -- Psychology -- United States.
Victims of terrorism -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995 -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780814796108 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814724545 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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