America's death penalty : between past and present

• Other Authors: Garland, David., McGowen, Randall, 1948-, Meranze, Michael.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
• Series: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
• Subjects: trest smrti > Spojené státy americké; capital punishment > United States; elektronické knihy; sborníky; electronic books; papers of several authors
• ISBN: 9780814732809; 9780814733042; 9780814732663; 9780814732670
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (ix, 232 stran) : ilustrace

Over the past three decades, the United States has embraced the death penalty with tenacious enthusiasm. While most of those countries whose legal systems and cultures are normally compared to the United States have abolished capital punishment, the United States continues to employ this ultimate to...