Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition
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The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world, capital punishment continues in dozens of American states- a fact that is frequently discussed but rarely understood. The same puzzlement surrounds the peculiar form that American capital punishment now takes, with its uneven application, its seemingly endless delays, and the uncertainty of its ever being...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674057236
ISBN13:9780674057234
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Belknap Press
Length:417 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.6" x 9.4"
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Americas Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Criminology History Law Social Science Social SciencesCustomer Reviews
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