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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Tác giả chính: Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil) (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Điện tử eBook
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Phiên bản:First edition.
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Tóm tắt:"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"--From Athenaeum@UGA website.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (265 pages)
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
số ISBN:9781621901471 (e-book)