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Death sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005 : a history and comprehensive registry of legal executions, pardons, and commutations
- Title
- Death sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005 : a history and comprehensive registry of legal executions, pardons, and commutations / Harriet C. Frazier.
- Author
- Frazier, Harriet C.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
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- Description
- xi, 267 p. : ill., map; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "This chronological discussion of the death penalty in Missouri covers those executed from 1803 through 2005. 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
- Contents
- Indians and whites, 1803-1864 -- Slaves and free blacks, 1826-1863 -- Union Army executions, 1861-1865 -- Black and white, 1866-1889 -- The nineties and beyond, 1890-1907 -- Reform attempts and the continuation of hangings, 1907-1937 -- The gas chamber, 1938-1965 -- Juveniles, 1838-1993 -- Rape, 1891-1964 -- Women, 1834-1953 -- Pardons and commutations, 1803-1999 -- Appellate court reversals, 1818-2005 -- Lethal injection, 1989-2005.
- Call Number
- JFF 06-3127
- ISBN
- 0786427191 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006017638
- 9780786427192
- OCLC
- 70106749
- Author
- Frazier, Harriet C.
- Title
- Death sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005 : a history and comprehensive registry of legal executions, pardons, and commutations / Harriet C. Frazier.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780786427192
- Research Call Number
- JFF 06-3127