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Author Banner, Stuart, 1963-

Title The death penalty : an American history / Stuart Banner.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.66 BANNER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.66 BAN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  364.66 BAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.66 BANNER    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.66 BANNER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.66 B22    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  364.66 BAN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  364.66 BANNER    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.66 B219D    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  364.66 BA    Check Shelf
Description 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0674007514
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