Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780259810629 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 106
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Excerpt from "Hanged by the Neck Until You Be Dead," or Why the Death Sentence Should Be Abolished: By a Member of the New York Bar Murder among the Goths in Sweden and Denmark - Case of John Roose - Coke's definition of murder - Blackstone's com ments and opinion of murder - Cases of Lord Stafford and Lord Russell - Case of the Shears brothers - Execution for trivial offences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Petra Schmidt Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9789004124219 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 224
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This book provides an overview of capital punishment in Japan in a legal, historical, social, cultural and political context. It provides new insights into the system, challenges traditional views and arguments and seeks the real reasons behind the retention of capital punishment in Japan.
Author: Frederick Drimmer Publisher: Pinnacle Books ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 460
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In the first and only complete history of criminal executions in the U.S., Drimmer examines the five methods of execution used in this country and the people who created them. A fascinating journey into the dark world of death row. Includes 16 pages of rare photos of condemned criminals, their executioners, and the official instruments used to carry out their sentences.
Author: Stanley Tilles Publisher: Jona Books ISBN: 9780965792929 Category : War crime trials Languages : en Pages : 148
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Stanley Tilles, an ordinary citizen soldier caught in extraordinary times. Answering the call of his country at the end of World War II, Tilles finds himself in charge of carrying out the sentences of the Nazi war criminals at Nuremburg.
Author: Emory Melton Publisher: ISBN: Category : Crime and criminals Languages : en Pages : 67
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The author, a resident of the area, was able to visit many eyewitnesses to the hanging of Edward Ferdinand Clum on April 15th, 1887, in the town of Cassville, Missouri. Clum had been found guilty of slaying 47-year-old John J. White and 17-year-old Ella Bowe with a double-barrel shotgun at the White Farm on Capps Creek in northwest Barry County late in the evening of July 8th, 1886. The story of the events and characters involved, many of which the author hopes will be of use to genealogists. Well Illustrated. Includes Name Index.