David Garland

New York University

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Professor of Sociology and Law at New York University and author of Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

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Capital punishment is on the decline in the US, though it's still on the books in 32 states with more than 3000 inmates on death row.

Do We Still Need the Death Penalty?

Capital punishment is on the decline in the US, though it's still on the books in 32 states with more than 3000 inmates on death row.

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