Race for your life: An analysis of the role of race in erroneous capital convictions

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-96

  Harmon, Talia Roitberg ^a  

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EID: 26444554224     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073401680402900106     Document Type: Article

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