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Anthony Santoro

Anthony Santoro teaches American religious, legal, and sport history Heidelberg University. He is the author of several articles on religion and slave revolts, the links between religion and capital punishment, and on professional football. He is also the author of Exile and Embrace: Contemporary Religious Discourse on the Death Penalty (Northeastern University Press, 2013).

Archive, Politics/Law, StoriesJanuary 15, 2015

The “Religious Freedom” Issue That May Cost the Accused Boston Bomber His Life

By Anthony Santoro

Forget the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should worry about “death-qualifying” the jury.

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