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Contents Foreword by Deborah W. Denno ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Murder, the Rule of Law, and the Tale of the Little Red Hen xvii Chapter 1 “A Good Murder” 3 Chapter 2 Not Wiser After Thirty-Five Years of Contemplating the Death Penalty 23 Chapter 3 Anomalies: Ritual and Language in Lethal Injection Regulations 59 Chapter 4 The Quality of Justice in Capital Cases: Illinois as a Case Study 75 Chapter 5 The Proportionality Review of Capital Cases by State High Courts After Gregg: Only “the Appearance of Justice” 91 Notes 143 ...

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