A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America by Evan Mandery
A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America

Evan Mandery

A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America

Evan Mandery

544 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history reference sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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Instead, states responded with a swift and decisive showing of support for capital punishment. As anxiety about crime rose and public approval of the Supreme Court declined, the stage was set in 1976 for Gregg v. Georgia, in which the Court dramat...

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