The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment

by Austin Sarat

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Investigating the attitudes about capital punishment in contemporary America this book poses the question; can ending the death penalty be done democratically? How is it that a liberal democracy like the United States shares the distinction of being a leading proponent of the death penalty with some of the world's most repressive regimes? Reporting on the first study of initiative and referendum processes used to decide the fate of the death penalty...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:110871157X

ISBN13:9781108711579

Release Date:April 2019

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:202 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 9.0" x 9.0"

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