The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence

Amber E. (Pennsylvania State University) Boydstun, Frank R. (Pennsylvania State University) Baumgartner, Suzanna L. (Pennsylvania State University) De Boef

Cambridge University Press, 2008

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In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But since 1996, death sentences in America have declined by more than 60 percent. The discovery of innocence, and the acknowledgment of fallibility of our justice system, may spell the end of capital punishment in America.

ISBN-13
9780521715249
ISBN-10
0521715245
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
Publication date
2008-01-07
Pages
310
Dimensions
223x155x20
Weight
466