Legal executions in Tennessee : a comprehensive registry, 1782-2009 / Lewis L. Laska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laska, Lewis L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions and executioners--Tennessee--History.

Executions and executioners.

Criminal procedure--Tennessee.

Criminal procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This complete, chronological registry documents the crimes, trials and deaths of the 524 people who have been legally executed in Tennessee through the end of 2009. Slaves and nine women are among those put to death for such crimes as horse theft, murder and rape. Built on the famous Espy list of United States executions, the book includes 187 previously undocumented cases; it also offers the only compilation of Tennessee's Civil War executions (both Union and Confederate, a distinction unique to Tennessee). The text includes cultural details such as gallows sermons preached at public hangings

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Persons Executed and Their Crimes; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-07776-0

9786613077769

0-7864-6215-9

OCLC:

721194926