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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Murder and the Death Penalty in Massachusetts 1. Murder and Due Proceeding in Colonial Massachusetts 2. ¿Hideous Consequences¿ and the Declaration of Rights 3. ¿Under Sentence of Death¿: The First Effort to Abolish the Death Penalty 4. ¿The Monster Petition¿ 5. ¿A Tong War¿ and the Second Effort to Abolish the Death Penalty 6. Sacco and Vanzetti 7. The Insanity Defense 8. The Right to an Attorney and Criminal Discovery 9. Confession: Neither Fear nor Favor 10. The Right of the Accused to an Impartial Jury 11. ¿Success¿At Long Last¿ 12. The Abolition of the Death Penalty Epilogue: After Abolition Notes Index
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Capital punishment -- Massachusetts -- History.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- History.