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The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence / Frank R. Baumgartner, Suzanna L. De Boef, Amber E. Boydstun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumgartner, Frank R., 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Judicial error.
- History.
- Guilt (Law).
- United States.
- Guilt (Law)--United States--History.
- Judicial error--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Innocence and the Death Penalty Debate 1
- 2 The Death Penalty in America 23
- 3 A Chronology of Innocence 49
- 4 The Shifting Terms of Debate 102
- 5 Innocence, Resonance, and Old Arguments Made New Again 136
- 6 Public Opinion 166
- 7 The Rise and Fall of a Public Policy 200
- Epilogue: Individuals Exonerated from Death Row 231
- Appendix A New York Times Capital Punishment Coverage, 1960 to 2005 243
- Appendix B Description of Data 252.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780511790638
- 0511790635
- Publisher Number:
- 99984776033
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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