Legal Executions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Including the Indian Territory

Legal Executions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma Including the Indian Territory
Author: R. Michael Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 078648909X

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Since colonial days, administration of the death penalty--whether by hanging, firing squad, electrocution, or lethal injection--has persisted as one of the most controversial ethical and practical issues of American jurisprudence. This volume chronicles every legal execution in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, including Indian Territory, through December 2010. Each case history includes a detailed description of the crime, the pursuit and capture of the suspect, his or her pre-trial experiences, the trial, sentencing, incarceration, execution, and its aftermath.