Murder and the death penalty in Massachusetts
By: Alan Rogers.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558496330; 9781558496323
Subjects: Capital punishment -- Massachusetts -- History; Murder -- Massachusetts -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: murder and the death penalty in Massachusetts; title: Murder and due proceeding in colonial Massachusetts; title: "Hideous consequences" and the declaration of rights; title: "Under sentence of death": the first effort to abolish the death penalty; title: "The monster petition"; title: "A tong war" and the second effort to abolish the death penalty; title: Sacco and Vanzetti; title: The insanity defense; title: The right to an attorney and criminal discovery; title: Confession: neither fear nor favor; title: The right of the accused to an impartial jury; title: "Success" at long last; title: The abolition of the death penalty; title: Epilogue: after abolition; title: Notes; title: Index.