The next frontier : national development, political change, and the death penalty in Asia

This is the first book on the death penalty in Asia, where over 90% of all current state killings occur and every type of death penalty policy exists. Johnson and Zimring review the prospects for its abolishment throughout the region in a series of authoritative case studies and investigate the continuities and limits between European abolition and attendant human rights perspectives and the culture, government, and policy of Asian nations.