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An Evil Day in Georgia : The Killing of Coleman Osborn and the Death Penalty in the Progressive-Era South /

"Follows a homicide case committed in Georgia in 1927 from the crime to the executions of those convicted of the crime almost a year later. Along the way, the narrative highlights a number of issues impacting the death penalty process, many of which are still relevant in the modern era of capit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Follows a homicide case committed in Georgia in 1927 from the crime to the executions of those convicted of the crime almost a year later. Along the way, the narrative highlights a number of issues impacting the death penalty process, many of which are still relevant in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States ... Moreover, the case in question illustrates a range of themes prevalent in post-Progressive Georgia and brings them together to create a broader narrative. Thus, issues of race, class, and gender emerge from what was supposed to be a neutral process; ... demonstrates that capital punishment cannot be administered in an untainted fashion, but its finality demands that it must be"--Athenaeum@UGA website.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781621901471