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Murder and Its Consequences : Essays on Capital Punishment in America / Leigh Buchanan Bienen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bienen, Leigh B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--United States.
- Murder.
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 223 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essays in Murder and Its Consequences span several periods in the history of capital punishment in America and the professional career of Leigh Bienen, a leading researcher on the death penalty.
- Contents:
- "A good murder"
- Not wiser after thirty-five years of contemplating the death penalty
- Anomalies : ritual and language in lethal injection regulations
- The quality of justice in capital cases : Illinois as a case study
- The proportionality review of capital cases by state high courts after Gregg : only "the appearance of justice".
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-223)
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-6482-5
- OCLC:
- 793084053
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