Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Capital Punishment
- ISBN-10
- 1555536344
- ISBN-13
- 9781555536343
- Category
- Death row
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09-30
- Author
- David Von Drehle
Description
Originally published: 1st ed. New York: Times Books, c1995. With new introd.
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- 2010-06-04
- 496 pages
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- 2006-06-26
- 469 pages
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