From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America by Austin Sarat

From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America

Austin Sarat

309 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a larger pattern of the violent criminalization of African American populat...

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