Mercy on Trial : What It Means to Stop an Execution /
On January 11, 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan--a Republican on record as saying that "some crimes are so horrendous ... that society has a right to demand the ultimate penalty"--Commuted the capital sentences of all 167 prisoners on his state's death row. Critics demonized Ryan....
Autor principal: | Sarat, Austin |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2005.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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