The cultural rhetoric of capital punishment in Colonial America through the early Republic, 1641-1792

Once a worldwide leader in the movement to abolish the death penalty, the United States now stands virtually alone among leading nations in its use of the ultimate punishment. Focusing on the Colonial period through the Revolutionary era, this chapter examines the early history of capital punishment...

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Autor principal: Barton, John Cyril 1971- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
En: The Elgar companion to capital punishment and society
Año: 2024, Páginas: 32-48
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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