The political dynamics that shape the Innocence Movement Since 1989, more than 3000 people are known to have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted in the United States. Each one of these cases represents a gross miscarriage of justice; they are stories of lives upended by a criminal legal system gone awry. Yet, this number just scratches the surface and does not capture the full breadth of wrongful convictions, which may well number in the tens of thousands. The Politics of Innocence explores the political dynamics that have shaped the proliferation of innocence-related policies across the United States and the ways in which wrongful convictions affect public opinion about the criminal legal system. Although some have suggested that this issue transcends ideological divisions, the authors argue that public opinion and the policies that address wrongful convictions are a product of the political landscape. Using original data, the authors show how political ideology influences awareness of the issue, affects support for policy reform, and, in particular electoral contexts, influences state policy adoption. The Politics of Innocence is a moving and data-driven account of wrongful convictions.

`There is no 'one size fits all' professional development. Teaching is exciting and rewarding, but it is like pro football in that on any given day most anything may work, while on other days nothing seems to work. But you still need to keep on playing your best. Good mentors help keep good teachers playing at their very best. . . . As the authors so aptly suggest, good teaching is more a journey than a destination. This book will help both mentors and teachers to navigate this journey successfully' - Stephen Sroka, Health Education Consultant , Case Western Reserve University Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book synthesizes current educational research and extends its application to in-service settings. Using a consistent and reader-friendly format, the authors present specific mentoring strategies accompanied by summaries of the research background validating the strategies, mentoring applications for the strategies, precautions and pitfalls helpful for implementation, and source citations for further reference. Strategies are organized into convenient categories that include developing teaching styles; time management strategies; classroom management policies; managing curriculum, instruction, and assessment; working with at-risk, special needs, and diverse populations; working with educational technologies; interacting with students, parents, and community; and more.

Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition provides an interdisciplinary interpretation of the function of African American Christianity. In this study, Derek Hicks emphasizes everyday religious practices that engage culture in an effort to reclaim the human spirit fractured by physical, political, spiritual, and social degradation. Arguing for an intentional faith that seeks to recalibrate wounded humanity, the concept of curative recalibration sits at the heart of this active spirituality and informs black biblical interpretation. Giving attention to black faith as articulated during antebellum period America, Hicks asserts that restorative sensibilities-expressed in moral politics, protest documents, material culture, music, literature, and even aesthetic presentation-disclose a 'reclaiming spirit' that permeates all of black religious life and thought.

What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.

What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.

This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. This is the only book dealing in depth with this subject. It is particularly relevant in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth. The book is intended as a comprehensive review of current research.

This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. This is the only book dealing in depth with this subject. It is particularly relevant in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth. The book is intended as a comprehensive review of current research.

This work attempts to uncover the function of religion for those degraded on the basis of race. Accordingly, Recalibrating Spirit reveals the role of religion in critical reflection on and active protest against negative assertions about racial identity in general, and the abuse of black life in particular.

The political dynamics that shape the Innocence Movement Since 1989, more than 3000 people are known to have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted in the United States. Each one of these cases represents a gross miscarriage of justice; they are stories of lives upended by a criminal legal system gone awry. Yet, this number just scratches the surface and does not capture the full breadth of wrongful convictions, which may well number in the tens of thousands. The Politics of Innocence explores the political dynamics that have shaped the proliferation of innocence-related policies across the United States and the ways in which wrongful convictions affect public opinion about the criminal legal system. Although some have suggested that this issue transcends ideological divisions, the authors argue that public opinion and the policies that address wrongful convictions are a product of the political landscape. Using original data, the authors show how political ideology influences awareness of the issue, affects support for policy reform, and, in particular electoral contexts, influences state policy adoption. The Politics of Innocence is a moving and data-driven account of wrongful convictions.

REPUBLICAN 1921 1933 f roRcbeooks A reference-list of Harper Torchbooks, classified by subjects, is printed at the end of this volume. THE NEW AMERICAN NATION SERIES Edited by HENRY STEELE COMMAGER and Jeanette Mirsky Wallace Notestein Charles Gibson Mason Wade Geoffrey Bruun John E. Pomfert Wesley Frank Craven Jack P. Greene Louis B. Wright Lawrence Henry Gipson John Richard Alden Richard B. Morris Henry S. Commager John C. Miller Marshall Smelser George Dangerfield Francis S. Philbrick Glydon G. Van Deusen Clement Eaton Louis Filler Russel B. Nye Frederick Rudolph Leonard W. Levy Ray A. Billington David M. Potter Richard Current Frank E. Vandiver David Donald John A. Garraty Harold U. Faulkner Foster Rhea Dulles John W. Ward Rodman Paul George E. Mo wry Arthur S, Link Arthur S. Link Max Lerner John D. Hicks William E, Leuchtenburg A. Russell Buchanan A. Russell Buchanan Alfred B. Rollins, Jr. Clifford Lord In preparation RICHARD B. MORRIS DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION. THE ENGLISH PEOPLE ON THE EVE OF COLONIZATION, 1603-1630. 13 3006. SPAIN IN AMERICA. FRANCE IN AMERICA. EUROPE AND AMERICA. FOUNDING THE ENGLISH COLONIES. GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES, 1660-1710. THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES, 1607-1763. 18 3005. THE COMING OF THE REVOLUTION, 1763-1775-TB goo. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775-1783.18 3011. CONFEDERATION AND CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1789-1835. THE FEDERALIST ERA, 1789-1801. 13 3027. THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA. THE NEW NATIONALISM, 1814-1829. THE RISE OF THE WEST, 1776-1830. THE JACKSONIAN ERA, 1828-1848. 13 3028. THE GROWTH OF SOUTHERN CIVILIZATION, 1790-1860. 73 3040. THE CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY,1830-1860. 13 3029. THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE NEW NATION, 1776-1830. 13 3026. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, 1830-1860. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1835-1890. THE FAR WESTERN FRONTIER, 1830-1860. 13 3012. THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR. THE CIVIL WAR, 1860-1865. THE CONFEDERACY. RECONSTRUCTION. HAYES TO HARRISON, 1877-1890. POLITICS, REFORM AND EXPANSION, 1890-1900. 13 3020. AMERICAS RISE TO WORLD POWER, 1898-1954. 13 3021. CULTURAL HISTORY, 1860-1900. THE FAR WEST AND THE GREAT PLAINS. THE ERA OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1900-1912. 13 3022. WOODROW WILSON AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, 1910-1917. 13 3023. WORLD WAR I. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. REPUBLICAN ASCENDANCY, 1921-1933. 13 3041. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL, 1932-1940. 13 3025. THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II, Volume I. 13 3044. THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II, Volume II. 13 3045. POST WORLD WAR II Domestic Affairs. POST WORLD WAR II Foreign Affairs. STATISTICAL VOLUME. REPUBLICAN ASCENDANCY 7927 1933 by JOHN D. HICKS 4 HARPER TORCHBOOKS The University Library HARPER ROW, Publishers New York Contents EDITORS INTRODUCTION viii PREFACE xi 1. THE STATE OF THE UNION i 2. THE RETREAT TO ISOLATION 23 3. WHAT PRICE NORMALCY 50 4. THE PROGRESSIVE PROTEST 79 5. PROSPERITY PLUS 106 6. THE DIPLOMACY OF ISOLATION 130 7. THE OTHER AMERICAS 153 8. SOCIAL INSECURITY 167 9. AGRICULTURE vs. INDUSTRY 193 10. HOOVER TAKES OVER 215 1 1 . DEPRES SION DIPLOMACY 24 1 I2 - 26 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 281 INDEX 6617760 302 Illustrations These photographs, grouped in a separate section, will be found following page 110 1. President Harding throwing out the ball in 1921 2. Calvin Coolidge dips a hook in aVermont trout stream 3. The American delegation to the Washington Armament Confer ence in 1921 4. Senator Borah, leading American advocate of the Conference 5. Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes in 1924 6. Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and Robert M. La Follette, Jr. 7. Albert B. Fall being assisted into the courtroom to stand trial in 1927 8. A Ku Klux Klan parade in the national capital 9. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes trial in 1925 10. Charles A. Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis 11. General Billy Mitchell 12...