Garland, David.

Peculiar institution : America's death penalty in an age of abolition / David Garland. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199594993 RM111.18 0199594996


Capital punishment--History.--United States
Discrimination in capital punishment--History.--United States
Decentralization in government--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States