The killing state [electronic resource] : capital punishment in law, politics, and culture / edited by Austin Sarat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Capital punishment as a fact of legal, political, and cultural life : an introduction / Austin Sarat -- After the terror : mortality, equality, fraternity / Anne Norton -- Abolishing the death penalty even for the worst murderers / Hugo Adam Bedau -- A juridical Frankenstein, or death in the hands of the state / Julie M. Taylor -- Tokens of our esteem : aggravating factors in the era of deregulated death penalties / Jonathan Simon and Christina Spaulding -- "Always more to do": capital punishment and the (de)composition of law / Peter Fitzpatrick -- The executioner's dissonant song : on capital punishment and American legal values / Franklin E. Zimring -- Selling a quick fix for Boot Hill : the myth of justice delayed in death cases / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- The will, capital punishment, and cultural war / William E. Connolly -- Beyond intention : a critique of the "normal" criminal agency, responsibility, and punishment in American death penalty jurisprudence / Jennifer L. Culbert -- The cultural life of capital punishment : responsibility and representation in Dead man Walking and Last dance / Austin Sarat.

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