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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive examination of execution as a social institution in Canada.
Trade ReviewIt is difficult to find any major faults with this study, which is a welcome addition to Canadian legal history.
-- Greg Marquis, University of New Brunswick * Law and Politics Book Review, Vol 21, No 5 *
This study of executions in Canada is morbidly fascinating—literally. In calm, clear, well-written prose, Leyton-Brown looks at several hundred Canadian executions and presents details about enough of them to make a good story ... anyone who reads this dispassionate book will have difficulty concluding that execution can ever be justified. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- J.L. Granatstein * CHOICE, Vol 48, No 3 *
Ken Leyton-Brown has tackled an enormously important piece of research and The Practice of Execution in Canada will, without a doubt, serve as an important reference. Everyone who opposes, and also those who favour the death penalty should read it.
-- Gord Barnes, Amnesty International volunteer, activist and fieldworker * ActiveHistory.ca *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Trial and Sentencing
3 Redemption
4 Confession
5 Procession
6 Hanging
7 Display
8 Inquest
9 Disposal
10 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
