Harriet C. Frazier

Death Sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005

A History and Comprehensive Registry of Legal Executions, Pardons, and Commutations

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Produktbeschreibung

This chronological discussion of the death penalty in Missouri covers those executed from 1803 through 2005. Sources include newspapers, county histories, prison records, Union Army records, pardon papers and appellate court cases. Chapters discuss such topics as the death penalty offenses of Indians and blacks; death sentences carried out by the military; lynchings; the gas chamber; the executions of rapists, juveniles, and women; pardons and commutations; appellate court reversals; and lethal injection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780786427192
• ISBN-10: 0786427191
• Artikelnr.: 22237437

Autorenporträt

Harriet C. Frazier, attorney and retired law professor in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Central Missouri, also has a Ph.D. in English. She lives in Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments      
List of Illustrations     
Preface     
1. Indians and Whites, 1803-1864     
2. Slaves and Free Blacks, 1826-1863     
3. Union Army Executions, 1861-1865     
4. Black and White, 1866-1889     
5. The Nineties and Beyond, 1890-1907     
6. Reform Attempts and the Continuation of Hangings, 1907-1937     
7. The Gas Chamber, 1938-1965     
8. Juveniles, 1838-1993     
9. Rape, 1891-1964     
10. Women, 1834-1953     
11. Pardons and Commutations, 1803-1999     
12. Appellate Court Reversals, 1818-2005     
13. Lethal Injection, 1989-2005     
Appendix 1: Executions of Death Sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005     
Appendix 2: Pardons and Commutations in Missouri's Death Sentences,
1803-1999     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index