Killing with prejudice : institutionalized racism in American capital punishment /

A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital cases. In 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia. He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death. Although McCleskey&#...

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Main Author: Maratea, R. J., 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2019
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Third Floor

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Call Number: KF9227.C2 .M37 2019
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