Killing McVeigh [electronic resource] : the death penalty and the myth of closure / Jody Lyne�e Madeira.
Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2012.Description: xxvii, 321 p. : illISBN:- 9780814796108 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814724545 (e-book)
- 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
- 364.660973 23
- KF224.M37 M33 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.