The Long-Term Decline of the American Death Penalty: The Role of Secularization
Samantha Campbell
Scholars have noticed a peculiar trend: the death penalty is disappearing. Over the course of centuries, government-sanctioned prisoner executions have been experiencing a steady decline. Many theories attempt to explain this phenomenon, ranging from its high cost to alternative methods of incapacitating criminals to a...
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- DOI: 10.56902/etdcrp.2026.30