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LEADER: 01845cam a22002774a 4500
001 2006017638
003 DLC
005 20061204112635.0
008 060601s2006 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006017638
020 $a0786427191 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780786427192
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70106749
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dYDX$dDLC
043 $an-us-mo
050 00 $aKFM8365.C2$bF73 2006
082 00 $a364.6609778$222
100 1 $aFrazier, Harriet C.
245 10 $aDeath sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005 :$ba history and comprehensive registry of legal executions, pardons, and commutations /$cHarriet C. Frazier.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2006.
300 $axi, 267 p. :$bill., map ;$c26 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
505 0 $aIndians 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.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$zMissouri$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006017638.html