>> . . .
>> To understand the role of the death penalty under modern
>> capitalism one must study the social history of the death
>> penalty in 18th c. England.
>> Carrol
>
>Perhaps so. I'd be interested.
>
>mbs
max, there are some great books on this: Peter Limbaugh, *The London Hanged* (Cambridge University Press, 1992) ; Douglas Hay et al eds. *Albion's Fatal Tree* (Pantheon, 1975) ; E.P.Thompson, *Whigs and hunters* (Pantheon, 1976).
someone figured that the odds of getting hanged in 16th century england were about the same as of dying in an automobile accident in the US today. now, after some education from this l*st on demographics, i wonder if they were figuring the odds for a newborn or a ten year old.
john mage