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American Exceptionalism and Racialized Inequality in American Capital Punishment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Paul J. Kaplan
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , Winter 2006 , pp. 149 - 175
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2006 

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