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Elected executions in the US print news media

机译:在美国平面新闻媒体当选执行死刑

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In the USA, 125 (11.6%) of the inmates executed between 1977 and 2006 elected to halt legal petitions, thereby hastening their own executions. Prior research on defense attorneys suggests that the news may play a pivotal role in the dynamic of elected executions (EEs). This study examines print news media coverage of 52 EEs occurring in six US states between 1979 and 2006. Thematic content analysis examined 749 Associated Press articles, identifying the frames journalists evoke when discussing EEs. When normalizing EEs, journalists commonly frame stories in terms of inmate choice; when problematizing EEs, they tend to question inmates' competency. Coverage is most intense when states have their first EE or during the execution of a famous inmate. Findings suggest that the alternation between these two frames (choice and competency) is consistent with competing legal notions of fairness: honoring defendants' wishes vs. maintaining the integrity of the legal process. Moreover, findings suggest that current news frames help render EEs palatable, upholding the larger cultural idealization of capital punishment as 'clean.'
机译:在美国,1977年至2006年有125名(11.6%)被执行死刑的囚犯选择中止法律请愿,从而加快了自己的死刑速度。先前对辩护律师的研究表明,新闻可能在民选死刑执行(EE)的动态中起关键作用。这项研究调查了1979年至2006年期间在美国六个州发生的52种EE的平面新闻媒体报道。主题内容分析检查了749条美联社的文章,确定了记者在讨论EE时所采用的框架。在规范EE时,记者通常会根据囚犯的选择来构筑故事。在对电子工程师提出问题时,他们倾向于质疑囚犯的能力。当各州有其首次EE或处决一名著名犯人时,覆盖面最广。调查结果表明,这两个框架(选择和能力)之间的交替与公平的竞争法律观念是一致的:尊重被告的意愿与维持法律程序的完整性。此外,研究结果表明,当前的新闻框架有助于使EE变得可口,并坚持将死刑的更大文化理想化为“清洁”。

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