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Lethal Punishment : Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South /
Why did some offenses in the South end in mob lynchings while similar crimes led to legal executions? Why did still other cases have nonlethal outcomes? In this well-researched and timely book, Margaret Vandiver explores the complex relationship between these two forms of lethal punishment, challeng...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Legal and Extralegal Executions in the American South; Chapter 2: Lethal Punishment in Tennessee and Florida; Chapter 3: Eleven Lynchings for Every Execution: Lethal Punishment in Northwest Tennessee; Chapter 4: "There Can Be Nothing but Death": Lethal Punishment for Rape in Shelby County, Tennessee; Chapter 5: "The First Time a Charge Like This Has Ever Been Tried in the Courts": The End of Lynching in Marion County, Florida; Chapter 6: The Mob and the Law: Mock Trials by Mobs and Sham Legal Trials.
- Chapter 7: "The First Duty of a Government": Lynching and the Fear of AnarchyChapter 8: When the Mob Ruled: The Lynching of Ell Persons; Chapter 9: Prevented Lynchings: White Intervention and Black Resistance; Chapter 10: "No Reason Why We Should Favor Lynching or Hanging": Efforts to End Legal and Extralegal Executions in Tennessee; Chapter 11: Conclusions; Appendix A: Sources and Methods; Appendix B: Inventory of Con.rmed Lynchings and Legal Executions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.