The death penalty, an American tradition on the decline
- Written by James Acker, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York
George Stinney, a 14-year old wrongfully executed for murder in 1944.M. Watt Espy Papers, University at Albany, CC BY-NDCapital punishment has been practiced on American soil for more than 400 years. Historians have documented nearly 16,000 executions, accomplished by burning, hanging, firing squad, electrocution, lethal gas and lethal injection....
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