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This text is a frank and unsettling look at the consequences of the death penalty in the United States. The author takes the reader on a compelling, step-by-step journey through the world of American executions, from the prisoners who spend years on death row to the prison staff who guard the condemned and the people who are executioners. Utilizing both ethnographic and quantitative research, this book creates a dramatic presentation of all sides of this controversial topic..
This text is a frank and unsettling look at the consequences of the death penalty in the United States. The author takes the reader on a compelling, step-by-step journey through the world of American executions, from the prisoners who spend years on death row to the prison staff who guard the condemned and the people who are executioners. Utilizing both ethnographic and quantitative research, this book creates a dramatic presentation of all sides of this controversial topic..
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- When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition by Austin Sarat in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Death Penalty: An American History by Stuart Banner in Back Matter
- The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture by Austin Sarat on page 248
- Against Capital Punishment: The Anti-Death Penalty Movement in America, 1972-1994 by Herbert H. Haines in Back Matter
- Violent Crime in North America (Criminal Justice History) by Louis A. Knafla on page 174
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