Any Last Words?
What people have to say immediately before execution
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The Commutation Instruction
The legal history of a court instruction about the governor's clemency powers
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Death and Deterrence
The application of the death penalty in Louisiana in the 1990's
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Death Is Different
How the processing of death penalty cases differs from other cases
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The Death Penalty in the South
The ethics of the death penalty in the contemporary South
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Expert Mitigation
The role of expert witnesses in capital defense
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How the Death Penalty Works
The process used to select death sentenced criminals
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How to Abolish
Discussion of several options for abolition of the death penalty
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Is Gruesome Good?
The positive effects of gruesome methods of execution
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Louisiana's Last Hanging
The execution of four men in Caldwell Parish in 1941
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Meanest of All
Comparison of homicide rates and death sentences in the states.
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Struck by Lightning
Executions for rape in Louisiana in the 1940's and 1950's
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