Murder and the death penalty in massachusetts
Auteur :
Rogers, Alan
Éditeur :
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN :
9781558496330
Date de publication :
19 mars 2008
Dimensions :
20,4 x 18,3 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
674 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For more than 300 years Massachusetts executed men and women convicted of murder. This book offers an account of how the efforts of reformers and abolitionists and the Supreme Judicial Court's commitment to the rule of law ultimately converged to end the death penalty in Massachusetts.