This collection asks questions about the received wisdom of the debate about capital punishment. Woven through the book, questions are asked of, and remedies pr

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Searching inquiry into the contours of capital punishment in America. Containing over 1300 footnotes, the chapters by ten young scholars explore the sometimes-i

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