Legal Executions in California
A Comprehensive Registry, 1851-2005
Seiten
2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6436-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6436-4 (ISBN)
Provides comprehensive coverage of legal executions performed in the state of California from 1851 until the present. Entries are organised by year of execution and contain the felon's name, any known aliases, race, age at death and a detailed narrative of the crime that resulted in capital punishment. Race and age of victims are provided when available.
This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of legal executions performed in the state of California from 1851 (when the Criminal Practices Act first authorized executions) until the present. It includes all cases in which legal processes appear to have been observed and the resulting execution was carried out by an authorized representative of the county or state. Entries are organized by year of execution and contain the felon's name, any known aliases, race, age at death and a detailed narrative of the crime that resulted in capital punishment. Race and age of victims are provided when available - a feature unique to this volume.
This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of legal executions performed in the state of California from 1851 (when the Criminal Practices Act first authorized executions) until the present. It includes all cases in which legal processes appear to have been observed and the resulting execution was carried out by an authorized representative of the county or state. Entries are organized by year of execution and contain the felon's name, any known aliases, race, age at death and a detailed narrative of the crime that resulted in capital punishment. Race and age of victims are provided when available - a feature unique to this volume.
Sheila O’Hare is an attorney and a social sciences bibliographer at the University of California. Irene Berry is a reference librarian at the Naval Postgraduate School with a background in archival collections. Jesse Silva is a librarian at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Photograph Credits
Preface
The Registry
Recent Developments
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 552 photographs |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 257 mm |
| Gewicht | 1176 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-6436-4 / 0786464364 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-6436-4 / 9780786464364 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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