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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| 格式: | 电子 电子书 |
| 语言: | 英语 |
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Knoxville :
The University of Tennessee Press,
[2015]
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| 版: | First edition. |
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| 在线阅读: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| 总结: | "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. |
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| 实物描述: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| 参考书目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621901471 (e-book) |