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Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution
Mercy on Trial What It Means to Stop an Execution
Author: Austin Sarat
On January 11, 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan--a Republican on record as saying that "some crimes are so horrendous . . . that society has a right to demand the ultimate penalty"--commuted the capital sentences of all 167 prisoners on his state's death row. Critics demonized Ryan. For opponents of capital punishment, however, Ryan became an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691121406
ISBN-10: 0691121400
Publication Date: 8/29/2005
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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