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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / Louis P. Masur.

The death penalty : an American history / Stuart Banner.

Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / Austin Sarat.

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Capital punishment - United States - History

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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / Louis P. Masur.

The death penalty : an American history / Stuart Banner.

Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty / Austin Sarat.