Contents

• Michigan's Continuing Abolition of the Death Penalty and the Conceptual Components of Symbolic Legislation
• The Death Penalty and Social Policy in Wisconsin
• The Power of History: Death Penalty Abolition in Maine
• Abolition and Attempted Reinstatement in Minnesota, 1911-1923
• Un-American Activities in North Dakota: The Continuing Abolition of Capital Punishment
• The History of Death Penalty Abolition in Alaska
• Colonialism and Capital Punishment: Race, Class, and Legal Symbolism in Hawaiian Executions, 1826-1990
• Death Penalty Abolition, Reinstatement, and Abolition in Iowa
• The Life and Death of the Death Penalty in West Virginia
• Summary and Conclusions
• Epilogue: Abolition in the Courts
• Appendix: Data Collection Methods
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index