Legal executions in Tennessee
Subtitle: a comprehensive registry, 1782-2009
By: Lewis L. Laska
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780786459759
Subjects: Chronology; Administration of Criminal justice; Executions and executioners; Capital punishment; History
Description: "This work documents the lives, crimes and deaths of 487 people, including nine women, who were legally executed on Tennessee soil. A discussion of dramatic changes in Tennessee death penalty law during 1960-2000, a hiatus period, is included and covers the complicated appellate procedures used by the six men executed since 2000"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.