Apology and remorse in the last statements of death row prisoners

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-347

  Eaton, Judy ^a   Theuer, Anna ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apology; Death row; Forgiveness; Remorse; Restorative justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749124266     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802245078     Document Type: Article

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