Murderers' row -- Arizona -- Colorado -- Idaho -- Kansas -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New mexico -- North dakota -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- South dakota -- Washington -- Wyoming.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"This collection of case histories examines hundreds of trials and death sentences carried out by the law of the "Wild West." The legal executions, most of them by hanging, provoke discussion over the controversial, modern view of the death sentence as well as the evolving jurisprudence of the western U.S. territories"--Provided by publisher.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
4021A909-7798-46B7-85E4-7D70E2617257
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Title
Legal executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911.
International Standard Book Number
9780786448258
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Capital punishment-- West (U.S.)-- History.
Criminal justice, Administration of-- West (U.S.)-- History.