Too late for luck: A comparison of post-furman exonerations and executions of the innocent

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 498-520

  Harmon, Talia Roitberg ^a   Lofquist, William S ^b  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoneration; Innocence; Wrongful execution

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444514405     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128705275977     Document Type: Review

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