Code: 05079932

Killing McVeigh

Name: Killing McVeigh
Brand: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 05079932
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by Jody Lynee Madeira

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013
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Book synopsis

"Madeira's book does a great service to the nation because it helps explain, using a tragedy and a trial we all remember, how differently victims of crime react to the legal process that takes hold in a high-profile case." (The Atlantic). "This is an important book...Madeira's thoughts on closure and the workings of memory are provocative, interesting, and deserve attention." (Choice). "Clearly written and persuasive, this is an important contribution to the literature of closure." (Library Journal). On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection. In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary almost immediately turned to "closure" rhetoric. Reporters and audiences alike speculated about whether victim's family members and survivors could get closure from memorial services, funerals, legislation, monuments, trials, and executions. But what does "closure" really mean for those who survive - or lose loved ones in - traumatic acts? In the wake of such terrifying events, is closure a realistic or appropriate expectation? In Killing McVeigh, Jody Lynee Madeira uses the Oklahoma City bombing as a case study to explore how family members and other survivors come to terms with mass murder. The book demonstrates the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached. Jody Lynee Madeira is Associate Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law.