Michigan's continuing abolition of the death penalty and the conceptual components of symbolic legislation -- The death penalty and social policy in Wisconsin -- The power of history : death penalty abolition in Maine -- Abolition and attempted reinstatement in Minnesota, 1911-1923 -- Un-American activities in North Dakota : the continuing abolition of capital punishment -- The history of death penalty abolition in Alaska -- Colonialism and capital punishment : race, class and legal symbolism in Hawaiian executions, 1826-1990 -- Death penalty abolition, reinstatement, and abolition in Iowa -- The life and death of the death penalty in West Virginia -- Epilogue : abolition in the courts -- Appendix : data collection methods.
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