The solemn sentence of death [electronic resource] : capital punishment in Connecticut / Lawrence B. Goodheart.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 318 p. )Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781613760246
- 1613760248
- 364.6609746 22
- HV8699.U6 C848 2011
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.
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