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  Additional material for Court TV's documentary,
"Punishment: Cruel and Unusual"
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  Lawrence Friedman, Professor of Law, Stanford University and author of "Crime and Punishment in American History."  
   Punishment as a deterrent and a method of rehabilitation.  
       
   Modern prison as a 19th century invention.  
       
  Darius Rejali, Associate Professor of Political Science, Reed College, author of "Torture and Modernity."  
   Description of crucifixion.  
       
  Graeme Newman, Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Albany and author of "Just and Painful."  
   How punishment has changed.  
       
   Punishment to fit the crime.  
       
 
     
   Courttv.com's Death Penalty index of facts, articles and links.

 A transcript of our online interview with Reed College professor Darius Rejali

 The science behind lethal injecton, plus a video tour of Timothy McVeigh's execution chamber.

 Video of World War II Allies hanging Nazi criminals.

 Timothy McVeigh's death certificate.

 The last person before McVeigh to be executed by the Federal government was Victor Feguer, in March of 1961.

 The story of the Electric Chair.

 Women and the Electric Chair.

 
 
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