American capital punishment and the promise of "closure"
Several justifications exist for the death penalty, yet it is only recently that the concept of “closure” has come to serve as a rationale for American capital punishment. This contemporary justification promises murder victims’ families that the execution of their loved one’s murderer should provid...
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/23313 |