This Week on Dispatches: Louis Arthur Norton on Justice, Deterrence, and Revenge during the American Revolution

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August 28, 2022
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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews emeritus professor of history and JAR contributor Louis Arthur Norton on the use of capital punishment and revenge killings as a penalty or deterrent for desertion, espionage, atrocities, or loyalty to one side or the other during the American Revolution.

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