The solemn sentence of death
Goodheart, Lawrence B., 1944-
The solemn sentence of death capital punishment in Connecticut / [electronic resource] : Lawrence B. Goodheart. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 318 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the paradox of capital punishment -- Biblical retribution, 1636/1699 -- The emergence of Yankee justice, 1700/1772 -- The era of Newgate Prison, 1773/1827 -- The debate over capital punishment, 1828/1879 -- The menace of the criminal class, 1880/1929 -- The waning of executions, 1930/1960 -- An unofficial moratorium, 1961/2004 -- The execution of Michael Ross, 2005 -- Epilogue: an unworkable death penalty.
9781613760246 1613760248
Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Connecticut
Capital punishment--History.--Connecticut
Electronic books.
HV8699.U6 / C848 2011
364.6609746
The solemn sentence of death capital punishment in Connecticut / [electronic resource] : Lawrence B. Goodheart. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 318 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the paradox of capital punishment -- Biblical retribution, 1636/1699 -- The emergence of Yankee justice, 1700/1772 -- The era of Newgate Prison, 1773/1827 -- The debate over capital punishment, 1828/1879 -- The menace of the criminal class, 1880/1929 -- The waning of executions, 1930/1960 -- An unofficial moratorium, 1961/2004 -- The execution of Michael Ross, 2005 -- Epilogue: an unworkable death penalty.
9781613760246 1613760248
Criminal justice, Administration of--History.--Connecticut
Capital punishment--History.--Connecticut
Electronic books.
HV8699.U6 / C848 2011
364.6609746