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The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado Michael L. Radelet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radelet, Michael L., author.
- Series:
- Timberline books.
- Timberline Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executions and executioners--Colorado.
- Executions and executioners.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Colorado--History.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Capital punishment--Colorado--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Radelet chronicles the details of each capital punishment trial and execution that took place in Colorado since 1859. Radelet accounts the debates and struggles over the use of the death penalty, placing the hundreds of cases into the context of a gradual worldwide trend away from this punishment"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Hangings in the nineteenth century
- Twentieth century executions and debates
- The thirty year effort to obtain execution no. 103
- The death penalty in Colorado in the early 21st century
- The Hickenlooper years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 969570383
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