The death penalty : an American history /

A comprehensive account of the death penalty in the United States. Stuart Banner tells the story of dramatic changes, over four centuries, in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, death was the standard penalty for a laundry l...

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Main Author: Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central