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Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts
Alan Rogers
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Description for Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 184 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
For more than 300 years Massachusetts executed men and women convicted of murder, but with a sharp eye on ""due proceeding"" and against the backdrop of popular ambivalence about the death penalty's morality, cruelty, efficacy, and constitutionality. In this authoritative book, Alan Rogers offers a comprehensive 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.In the seventeenth century, Governor John Winthrop and the Massachusetts General Court understood murder to be a sin and a threat to the colony's well-being, but ... Read more
For more than 300 years Massachusetts executed men and women convicted of murder, but with a sharp eye on ""due proceeding"" and against the backdrop of popular ambivalence about the death penalty's morality, cruelty, efficacy, and constitutionality. In this authoritative book, Alan Rogers offers a comprehensive 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.In the seventeenth century, Governor John Winthrop and the Massachusetts General Court understood murder to be a sin and a threat to the colony's well-being, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496330
SKU
V9781558496330
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About Alan Rogers
ALAN ROGERS is professor of history at Boston College and a past president of the New England Historical Association.
Reviews for Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts
The range and depth of coverage are impressive.... The twelve chapters address key aspects of jurisprudence, such as defendant rights, the insanity issue, the right to an attorney, criminal discovery, confession, and the selection of an impartial jury.... This is masterful scholarship on an immensely important subject. - Lawrence Goodheart, author of Mad Yankees ""This book is a perfect model ... Read more