Legal executions in the western territories, 1847-1911
Subtitle: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
By: R. Michael Wilson.
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786448258
Subjects: Capital punishment -- West (U.S.) -- History; Criminal justice, Administration of -- West (U.S.) -- History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Murderers' row; title: Arizona; title: Colorado; title: Idaho; title: Kansas; title: Montana; title: Nebraska; title: Nevada; title: New mexico; title: North dakota; title: Oklahoma; title: Oregon; title: South dakota; title: Washington; title: Wyoming.