DEATH PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY AND THE VICTIMS
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Editor: Ivan Šimonović
Design and layout: dammsavage inc.
Cover image:
The cover features an adaptation of a photograph of a man
who is granted mercy by the victim's family, sparing him
from imminent execution. ©EPA/Arash Khamooshi
Pictures from The Omega Suites by Lucinda Devlin, Bochum 2000
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Sales no.: E.16.XIV.2
ISBN: 978-92-1-154217-2
eISBN: 978-92-1-058395-4