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Who Owns Death?: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions

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Who Owns Death?: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions - Lifton, Robert J, and Mitchell, Greg
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In this timely book, Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell investigate the mindsets of individuals involved in the death penalty -- including prison wardens, prosecutors, jurors, religious figures, governors, judges, and relatives of murder victims -- and offer a textured look at a system that perpetuates the longstanding American habit of violence. Richly rewarding and meticulously researched, Who Owns Death? explores the history of the death penalty in the United States, from hanging to lethal injection, and considers ...

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Who Owns Death?: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions 2002, Harper Perennial, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780380792467

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