Course Description

LAWS 6528
Capital Punishment in America
General Description:
Surveys the history and current status of capital punishment in the United States, with a critical examination of arguments both for and against the death penalty.

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LAWS 6528-001

Instructor(s): Michael Radelet

Credits: 3

Meeting Times & Locations:
   Mon   3:30 PM - 6:20 PM   WOLF 206

Textbook Info: Acker, Bohm, Lanier, America's Experiment with Capital PUnishment: Reflections, (Carolina Academic Press, 2nd ed., 2003). Banner, The Death Penalty: An American History, (Harvard Univ. Press, 2002).