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Author : Robert W. Gordon
Release : 1965
Genre : Capital punishment
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Book Synopsis A Legislative History of Capital Punishment for the Territory and State of Colorado, 1861-1965 by : Robert W. Gordon
Download or read book A Legislative History of Capital Punishment for the Territory and State of Colorado, 1861-1965 written by Robert W. Gordon. This book was released on 1965. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Radelet
Release : 2017-01-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado by : Michael Radelet
Download or read book The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado written by Michael Radelet. This book was released on 2017-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado, noted death penalty scholar Michael Radelet chronicles the details of each capital punishment trial and execution that has taken place in Colorado since 1859. The book describes the debates and struggles that Coloradans have had over the use of the death penalty, placing the cases of the 103 men whose sentences were carried out and 100 more who were never executed into the context of a gradual worldwide trend away from this form of punishment. For more than 150 years, Coloradans have been deeply divided about the death penalty, with regular questions about whether it should be expanded, restricted, or eliminated. It has twice been abolished, but both times state lawmakers reinstated the contentious punitive measure. Prison administrators have contributed to this debate, with some refusing to participate in executions and some lending their voices to abolition efforts. Colorado has also had a rich history of experimenting with execution methods, first hanging prisoners in public and then, starting in 1890, using the "twitch-up gallows" for four decades. In 1933, Colorado began using a gas chamber and eventually moved to lethal injection in the 1990s. Based on meticulous archival research in official state archives, library records, and multimedia sources, The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado, will inform the conversation on both sides of the issue anywhere the future of the death penalty is under debate.
Author : Gordon Morris Bakken
Release : 2010-11-16
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Invitation to an Execution by : Gordon Morris Bakken
Download or read book Invitation to an Execution written by Gordon Morris Bakken. This book was released on 2010-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the early twentieth century, printed invitations to executions issued by lawmen were a vital part of the ritual of death concluding a criminal proceeding in the United States. In this study, Gordon Morris Bakken invites readers to an understanding of the death penalty in America with a collection of essays that trace the history and politics of this highly charged moral, legal, and cultural issue. Bakken has solicited essays from historians, political scientists, and lawyers to ensure a broad treatment of the evolution of American cultural attitudes about crime and capital punishment. Part one of this extensive analysis focuses on politics, legal history, multicultural issues, and the international aspects of the death penalty. Part two offers a regional analysis with essays that put death penalty issues into a geographic and cultural context. Part three focuses on specific states with emphasis on the need to understand capital punishment in terms of state law development, particularly because states determine on whom the death penalty will be imposed. Part four examines the various means of death, from hanging to lethal injection, in state law case studies. And finally, part five focuses on the portrayal of capital punishment in popular culture.
Author : William M. King
Release : 1990
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Going to Meet a Man by : William M. King
Download or read book Going to Meet a Man written by William M. King. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Albert White
Release : 1983
Genre : Government publications
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Book Synopsis A History of the Rectangular Survey System by : C. Albert White
Download or read book A History of the Rectangular Survey System written by C. Albert White. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
