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The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture

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The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture - Sarat, Austin (Editor)
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Collecting work by several notable scholars, this book explains why the US still clings to capital punishment long after other democratic nations have abandoned it. It also exhibits a new way of thinking about state killing that goes beyond abstract moral argument and narrow policy debate to assess its impact on our legal system, its powerful symbolic appeal, and its place in today's "culture wars."

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The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture 2001, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195146028

Trade paperback

The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture 1998, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195120868

Hardcover