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The Death Penalty
This chapter is in the book The Death Penalty
© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Terror, Blood, and Repentance 5
  6. 2. Hanging Day 24
  7. 3. Degrees of Death 53
  8. 4. The Origins of Opposition 88
  9. 5. Northern Reform, Southern Retention 112
  10. 6. Into the Jail Yard 144
  11. 7. Technological Cures 169
  12. 8. Decline 208
  13. 9. To the Supreme Court 231
  14. 10. Resurrection 267
  15. Epilogue 307
  16. Appendix: Counting Executions 313
  17. Notes 315
  18. Acknowledgments 371
  19. Index 373
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020511-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Terror, Blood, and Repentance 5
  6. 2. Hanging Day 24
  7. 3. Degrees of Death 53
  8. 4. The Origins of Opposition 88
  9. 5. Northern Reform, Southern Retention 112
  10. 6. Into the Jail Yard 144
  11. 7. Technological Cures 169
  12. 8. Decline 208
  13. 9. To the Supreme Court 231
  14. 10. Resurrection 267
  15. Epilogue 307
  16. Appendix: Counting Executions 313
  17. Notes 315
  18. Acknowledgments 371
  19. Index 373
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