The Hangman's Knot: Lynching, Legal Execution, and America's Struggle with the Death Penalty

by Eliza Steelwater

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Public executions were once commonplace American spectacles. In one instance, Puritan clergymen convicted and executed nineteen people for the "crime" of witchcraft. On the other side of the country many years later, San Francisco's city fathers held "official" vigilante hangings. But today, executions are rigidly controlled bureaucratic procedures authorized by the state. In The Hangman's Knot: Lynching, Legal Execution, and America's Struggle with...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:081334042X

ISBN13:9780813340425

Release Date:July 2003

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Americas Criminal Law Criminology History Law Enforcement Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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