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Death penalty : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, July 16, 1987

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice

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"Serial no. 142".Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).
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Keywords

  1. African American Criminals
  2. African Americans
  3. Capital Punishment
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Discrimination
  6. Discrimination In Criminal Justice Administration
  7. Georgia
  8. United States

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