Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851-2005, Sheila O`Hare, Irene Berry, Jesse Silva

Автор: Wilson R. Michael
Название: More Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions
ISBN: 0762796022 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780762796021
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Описание: More Frontier Justice in the Wild West; Bungled, Bizarre and Fascinating Executions reveals the details of more than two dozen instances of frontier justice from the era of the Wild West. The events chosen are unique, have some surprising twist, serve as a landmark or benchmark event, or just stand out in the annals of western justice.

Автор: R. Michael Wilson
Название: Legal Executions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Including the Indian Territory: A Comprehensive History
ISBN: 0786466510 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786466511
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Since colonial days, administration of the death penalty--whether by hanging, firing squad, electrocution, or lethal injection--has persisted as one of the most controversial ethical and practical issues of American jurisprudence. This thorough work seeks to clarify the issue by chronicling every legal execution in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, including Indian Territory, through December 2010. Each case history includes a detailed description of the crime, the pursuit and capture of the suspect, his or her pre-trial experiences, the trial, sentencing, incarceration, execution, and its aftermath. While advocates of capital punishment contend that the death penalty remains a powerful deterrent to murder, this revealing examination highlights a history of patterns and practices that strongly refutes that claim.

Автор: Harry M. Ward
Название: Public Executions in Richmond, Virginia: A History, 1782-1907
ISBN: 0786470836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786470839
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Описание: Virginia's capital city knew poverty, injustice, slavery, vagrancy, substandard working conditions, street crimes, brutality, unsanitary conditions, and pandemics. One of the biggest stains in the city's past was the spectacle of public executions, attended by throngs. Thousands, including the old and the very young, reveled in a carnival-like atmosphere. This book narrates the history of the executions--hangings, and during the Civil War also firing squads--that formed a large part of Richmond's entertainment picture. Revulsion slowly mounted until the introduction of the electric chair. The history has a cast of unusual characters--the condemned, the crime victims, family members, the executioners, and not least an 182 pound ""gallows"" dog.

Автор: Jerry Akins
Название: Hangin` Time in Fort Smith: A History of Executions in Judge Parker`s Court
ISBN: 1935106341 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781935106340
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Описание: For twenty-one years, Judge Isaac C. Parker ruled in the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, the gateway to the wild and lawless Western frontier. Parker, however, was not the ‘hangin’ judge’ that casual legend portrays. In most cases, the guilt or innocence of those tried in his court really was not in question. Jerry Akins has finally arrived at the real story about Parker and his court by comparing newspaper accounts of the trials and executions to what has been written and popularised in other books.

Автор: Darren L. Ivey
Название: The Texas Rangers: A Registry and History
ISBN: 1476678227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476678221
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Описание: The Texas Ranger law enforcement agency features so prominently in Texan and Wild West folklore that its accomplishments have been featured in everything from pulp novels to popular television. After a brief overview of the Texas Rangers` formation, this book provides an exhaustive account of every known Ranger unit from 1823 to present.