Book contents
- The Death Penalty on the Ballot
- The Death Penalty on the Ballot
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Reviews
- 1 Introduction: When the Death Penalty Goes Public
- 2 Retention, Abolition, and Restoration in the Early Days of the Death Penalty Referendum Process
- 3 The People versus their Representatives: Going to the Polls to Support Capital Punishment
- 4 Targeting the Courts
- 5 A Tool for Abolition?
- 6 Conclusion: Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment
- Index
3 - The People versus their Representatives: Going to the Polls to Support Capital Punishment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2019
- The Death Penalty on the Ballot
- The Death Penalty on the Ballot
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Reviews
- 1 Introduction: When the Death Penalty Goes Public
- 2 Retention, Abolition, and Restoration in the Early Days of the Death Penalty Referendum Process
- 3 The People versus their Representatives: Going to the Polls to Support Capital Punishment
- 4 Targeting the Courts
- 5 A Tool for Abolition?
- 6 Conclusion: Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment
- Index
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- The Death Penalty on the BallotAmerican Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment, pp. 53 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019