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Legacy of violence: lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota

By John D , Bessler

Book information

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0816638101, 9780816638109, 9780816638116, 081663811X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4846254 bytes)
Pages
xx, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\329
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Capital punishment--Minnesota--History;Executions

Description

Lynch mobs and public hangings -- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging -- The execution of Ann Bilansky -- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences -- The "midnight assassination law" -- The botched hanging of William Williams -- The abolition of capital punishment -- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings. Lynch mobs and public hangings -- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging -- The execution of Ann Bilansky -- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences -- The "midnight assassination law" -- The botched hanging of William Williams -- The abolition of capital punishment -- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.

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