EXTRACTS FROM TWO REPORTS, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA, BY EDWARD LIVINGSTON, LATE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTAINING HIS ARGUMENTS FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS.
Providence: Knowles, Vose & Company, 1838. 24pp. Disbound without wraps, some spotting, Good+. Contemporary owner's signature at upper margin of title leaf. Renowned for his groundbreaking work in establishing penal codes, Livingston explains why capital punishment should be banished from the criminal justice system. "The exalted standing and character of..... More