Bienen, L: Murder and Its Consequences

Essays which span several periods in the history of capital punishment in America and the professional career of Leigh Bienen, a leading researcher on the death penalty. One describes the subtle relationship between high-profile murders and the death penalty, another places the well-known study of proportionality in New Jersey within a nationwide context. Other essays address the groundbreaking developments surrounding the death penalty in Illinois, and take a retrospective look at the evolution of her own and the country's thinking about this complex, divisive topic.