Rebel and a Cause
Subtitle: Caryl Chessman and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Postwar California, 1948-1974
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780520224285
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Biography: general; Capital punishment; Criminal or forensic psychology; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Sociology; California; Penology; United States - State & Local - General; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); 1921-1960; 20th century; Chessman, Caryl,; Death row inmates
First sentence: Movements against the death penalty have occurred cyclically throughout the course of American history.