TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Capital punishment and the legacies of slavery and lynching in the United States
JO  - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
A1  - Rigby, David
A1  - Seguin, Charles
SP  - 205
EP  - 219
VL  - 694
IS  - 1
N2  - Capital punishment in the United States is racialized: those convicted of the murder of Whites are much more likely to receive the death penalty than those convicted for the murder of Blacks. Capital punishment is more commonly practiced in places where lynching of Blacks occurred more frequently and in states in which slavery was legal as of 1860. Accordingly, scholars have debated whether capital punishment reflects a legacy of lynching or a legacy of slavery. Our analysis shows that lynching on its own is a significant predictor of contemporary executions, but that once slavery is accounted for, slavery predicts executions, while lynching does not. We argue that slavery's state-level institutional legacy is central to contemporary capital punishment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-7162
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00027162211016277
ID  - ref1
ER  -