The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States
by
Daniel LaChance
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
In the mid-1990s, as public trust in big government was near an all-time low, 80% of Americans told Gallup that they supported the death penalty. Why did people who didn’t trust government to regulate the economy or provide daily services nonetheless believe that it should have the power to put...