Lethal punishment : lynchings and legal executions in the South /

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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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vandiver, Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Lynching > Tennessee > History.
Executions and executioners > Tennessee > History.
Lynching > Florida > Ocala > History.
Executions and executioners > Florida > Ocala > History.
Lynchage > Tennessee > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Executions and executioners.
Lynching.
Southern States
États-Unis (Sud)
Florida > Ocala.
Southern States.
Tennessee.
History.
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