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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"methods of execution"”.
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The Transition of Methods of Execution in North Carolina: A Descriptive Social History of Two Time Periods, 1935 and 1983
The death penalty has been an area of focus in several academic disciplines, yet modest literature has been generated which examines the sanction from a sociological perspective. Most of the sociological interest in capital punishment is directed at examining and explaining racial disparities in …
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Revulsion and Palatability: The Staying Power of Death Penalty Rituals - Last Meals and Beyond
… rich history surrounding capital punishment, and execution rituals are central to this history. The death penalty regime has evolved from a primarily private-based justice system to the state-carceral capital punishment system we have today. This thesis uses three historical eras as the framework …
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Capital punishment in the state of Indiana, 1816-1971
This study is an examination of the use of capital punishment in the State of Indiana, from 1897 to the date the last execution in 1961. The biographies of each of the seventy-two men executed during that period are given in detail and pertinent facts derived from them are summarize in a series of …