The death of the American death penalty
Subtitle: states still leading the way
By: Larry W. Koch, Colin Wark, John F. Galliher
Contributors: Wark, Colin; Galliher, John F.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781555537807; 9781555537814; 9781555537821
Subjects: States; Capital punishment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Death penalty debates in traditional abolitionist jurisdictions; title: The New York State death penalty debate; title: The abolition of capital punishment in New Jersey; title: The abolition of capital punishment in New Mexico; title: The abolition of capital punishment in Illinois; title: The recurring life and death of death penalty legislation in Kansas; title: Recent death penalty abolition near misses in New England : New   Hampshire and Connecticut; title: Recent abolition near misses : Nebraska and Maryland; title: De facto abolition states; title: Opposition to capital punishment in the South and Texas; title: Summary and conclusion : the death penalty on a downhill slop.