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Author Palmer, Louis J.

Title Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States / Louis J. Palmer, Jr.

Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.6603 P182e 2008    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description viii, 623 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-602) and index.
Summary "In this updated encyclopedia are entries on virtually every capital punishment decision rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court from its inception through 2006. Entries are also provided for each Supreme Court Justice who has ever rendered a capital punishment opinion. Entries on jurisdictions cite present-day death penalty laws and judicial structure"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Capital punishment -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
ISBN 0786432632 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
9780786432639 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)

 
    
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