The Death Penalty in Popular Culture Kenneth Mentor J.D., Ph.D. Criminal Justice Department New Mexico State University.

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The Death Penalty in Popular Culture Kenneth Mentor J.D., Ph.D. Criminal Justice Department New Mexico State University

Previous Research: Austin Sarat Austin Sarat Movies as replacement for public executions Movies as replacement for public executions

Key Themes Clean - Mechanical Clean - Mechanical Error Free - Efficient Error Free - Efficient Murder is Dirty in Comparison Murder is Dirty in Comparison Observers Observers

In Film, Death Penalty is Clean

Mechanical

Antiseptic Scene from “Dead Man Walking”

Orderly

Respectful

Caring guide

Morality play - Good vs. evil

Puts viewer in juror role

ERROR FREE

Hollywood vs. reality

Goes wrong only through evil

Media seldom discussed error or shows real images

too distasteful

Murder is Dirty Death penalty is respectful and clean, especially when compared to heinous acts of the condemned Death penalty is respectful and clean, especially when compared to heinous acts of the condemned

Clean murderers are especially crazy Hannibal Hannibal American Psycho American Psycho Ted Bundy Ted Bundy

OBSERVERS

Movie depiction of viewers

Film viewers - voyeur

Televised executions

Little real understanding of process

Move to lethal injection - orderly and clean, just like the movies

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