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The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future
The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. - Past, Present, and Future
Book Reviews by Roger Hummel
Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House by Scott Christianson. New York University Press, New York. 184 pages (illustrated), $24.95, cloth.
Beginning late in the nineteenth
century, New York State boasted electric chairs at ...
Book Reviews by Roger Hummel
Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House by Scott Christianson. New York University Press, New York. 184 pages (illustrated), $24.95, cloth.
Beginning late in the nineteenth
century, New York State boasted electric chairs at ...
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