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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Main Author: Dirks, Danielle
Format: Others
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/23313