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Author Madeira, Jody Lynée Lynée

Title Killing McVeigh : the Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure
Published New York : NYU Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (350 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Oklahoma City Bombing: A Time Line; Preface; PART I: BLOOD RELATIONS; 1 "A Rude Awakening": The Origins of the Victim-Offender Relationship; 2 "He Broke into My Life": Experiencing the Victim-Offender Relationship; 3 Opening Up "Closure": Redefining a Controversial Term; PART II: TRAUMAS AND TRIALS; 4 "We Come Here to Remember": Joining Advocacy Groups; 5 "God Bless the Media": Negotiating News Coverage; 6 "Making Sure Justice Was Served": Pursuing Accountability; PART III: THE ROAD TO EXECUTION; 7 Emotion on Trial: Prosecuting Timothy McVeigh
8 Reaching Law's Limits: Trying Terry Nichols and Welcoming the McVeigh Jury to Oklahoma City9 The Storm before the Calm: Awaiting McVeigh's Execution; 10 The Weight of an Impossible World: McVeigh Confronts His Public Image; 11 Done to Death: The Execution and the End of the Victim-Offender Relationship; Conclusion: McVeigh Memorialized; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
Summary On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection. In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary almost immediately turned to 'closure' rhetoric. Reporters and audiences alike speculated about whether victim's family members and survivors could get closure from memorial services, funerals, legislation, monuments, trials, and executions. But what does 'closure' really mean for those who survive
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject McVeigh, Timothy -- Trials, litigation, etc
McVeigh, Timothy -- Imprisonment
SUBJECT McVeigh, Timothy. fast (OCoLC)fst00373343
Subject Domestic terrorism -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Domestic terrorism -- Social aspects -- United States
Capital punishment -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Victims of terrorism -- United States -- Psychology
Victims of terrorism -- Rehabilitation -- United States
Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995 -- Psychological aspects
Capital punishment -- Psychological aspects.
Imprisonment.
Psychological aspects.
Victims of terrorism -- Psychology.
Victims of terrorism -- Rehabilitation.
Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City.
United States.
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814724552
0814724558
9780814724545
081472454X