TY  - BOOK
AU  - Banner,Stuart
TI  - The Death Penalty: An American History
SN  - 9780674020511
AV  - HV8699 
U1  - 364.66/0973 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Capital punishment-United States-History
KW  - Capital punishment-Moral and ethical aspects-United States
KW  - United States-Social conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Terror, Blood, and Repentance -- 2. Hanging Day -- 3. Degrees of Death -- 4. The Origins of Opposition -- 5. Northern Reform, Southern Retention -- 6. Into the Jail Yard -- 7. Technological Cures -- 8. Decline -- 9. To the Supreme Court -- 10. Resurrection -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Counting Executions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - Here, for the first time, we have 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. Banner moves beyond the debates to give us an unprecedented understanding of America's ultimate punishment
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