TY - BOOK AU - Koch,Larry Wayne AU - Galliher,John F. AU - Wark,Colin ED - Project Muse. TI - The death of the American death penalty: states still leading the way SN - 9781555537821 AV - KF9227.C2 K63 2012 U1 - 364.660973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Northeastern University Press KW - Capital punishment KW - United States KW - States KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Death penalty debates in traditional abolitionist jurisdictions -- The New York State death penalty debate -- The abolition of capital punishment in New Jersey -- The abolition of capital punishment in New Mexico -- The abolition of capital punishment in Illinois -- The recurring life and death of death penalty legislation in Kansas -- Recent death penalty abolition near misses in New England : New Hampshire and Connecticut -- Recent abolition near misses : Nebraska and Maryland -- De facto abolition states -- Opposition to capital punishment in the South and Texas -- Summary and conclusion : the death penalty on a downhill slop UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781555537821/ ER -