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The contradictions of American capital punishment / Franklin E. Zimring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zimring, Franklin E., author.
- Series:
- Studies in crime and public policy.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Physical Description:
- x, 258 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the last 25 years almost every Western country has moved to abolish the death penalty. The United States is the exception. This novel thesis argues that a tradition of popular justice conflicts with the legal tradition of due process.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-249) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773311-5
- 0-19-029237-7
- 0-19-518486-6
- 1-280-42840-6
- 0-19-803479-2
- 1-60256-543-0
- OCLC:
- 476012923
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