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02288aam a2200433 i 4500 001 C54F274C586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 191008s2020 dcu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019046171 020 $a 1680532189 020 $a 9781680532180 020 $a 1680532057 020 $a 9781680532050 035 $a (OCoLC)1123182542 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF9227.C2 $b W43 2020 100 1 $a Whisker, James B., $d 1939- $e author. 245 10 $a Capital punishment in American courts / $c James Biser Whisker and Kevin Spiker. 264 1 $a Washington : $b Academica Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 186 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Early capital cases in the U.S. Supreme Court -- African-Americans and capital punishment -- Abandonment and reinstatement of the death penalty -- Limiting the application of death penalty -- Age criteria for impsoing capital puishment -- Capital punishment and the federal government -- Legal methods of execution. 520 $a "In the 400 years since the first known execution was carried out for treason in Virginia, American jurisdictions have debated both the appropriateness and methods of capital punishment and placed varying restrictions on its application. This book surveys this history from a penetrating new perspective"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States $v Cases. 650 0 $a Discrimination in capital punishment $z United States. 650 0 $a Discrimination in criminal justice administration $z United States. 650 7 $a Capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846392 650 7 $a Discrimination in capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895027 650 7 $a Discrimination in criminal justice administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895034 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Trials, litigation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423712 700 1 $a Spiker, Kevin, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015243.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C54F274C586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search