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Publication details [#57764]

Conley, Robin. 2013. Living with the decision that someone will die: Linguistic distance and empathy in jurors' death penalty decisions. Language in Society 42 (5) : 503–526.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press

Annotation

This paper discusses how physical and linguistic distance management in Texan death penalty trials, enables jurors to deny defendants compassion (by dehumanizing them), and, in turn, warrants their death sentencing decisions.