The Racist Roots of the Death Penalty
Abstract
Published in Inquest, a publication of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration. Adapted from The Slow Death of the Death Penalty: Toward a Postmortem, edited by Todd C. Peppers, Jamie Almallen and Mary Welek Atwell, reprinted with permission from NYU Press.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Torture
Ethics
and Law
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Race
History
and American Society
Publication details
- Journal / source
- bepress Legal Repository
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026