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Author Oshinsky, David M., 1944-

Title Capital punishment on trial : Furman v. Georgia and the death penalty in modern America / David M. Oshinsky.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  345.0773 Os4c 2010    ---  Available
Description xi, 144 p. ; 22 cm.
Series Landmark law cases & American society
Landmark law cases & American society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "I didn't intend to kill nobody" -- "I am n-n-not dying" -- "Struck by lightning" -- "Death is different" -- "Let's do it" -- The "mirror test" -- "The machinery of death".
Subject Capital punishment -- United States.
Furman, William Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Georgia -- Savannah.
ISBN 9780700617104 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0700617108 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780700617111 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617116 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. CDX 11402761
CDX 11412531

 
    
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