When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition
by Austin Sarat
When the State Kills explores capital punishment as a legal and political practice in the United States. Austin Sarat examines what state executions reveal about American society, authority, justice, and the relationship between government power and the taking of human life.
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When the State Kills examines capital punishment in the United States and its relationship to the American condition.
Austin Sarat considers what the practice of execution reveals about law, government, and the exercise of state power.
The book offers a serious, thought-provoking contribution to discussions of punishment, justice, and American society.
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