| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v38.i09.records.utf8:19786023:1491 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
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LEADER: 01491nam a22002658a 4500
001 2010006308
003 DLC
005 20100224182839.0
008 100217s2010 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010006308
020 $a9780786448258 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-usp---
050 00 $aHV8699.U6$bW55 2010
082 00 $a364.660978$222
100 1 $aWilson, R. Michael,$d1944-
245 10 $aLegal executions in the western territories, 1847-1911 :$bArizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming /$cR. Michael Wilson.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co,$c2010.
263 $a1004
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMurderers' row -- Arizona -- Colorado -- Idaho -- Kansas -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New mexico -- North dakota -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- South dakota -- Washington -- Wyoming.
520 $a"This collection of case histories examines hundreds of trials and death sentences carried out by the law of the "Wild West." The legal executions, most of them by hanging, provoke discussion over the controversial, modern view of the death sentence as well as the evolving jurisprudence of the western U.S. territories"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.