Legacy of violence : lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota / / John D. Bessler.
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 307 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Lynch mobs and public hangings
- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging
- The execution of Ann Bilansky
- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences
- The "midnight assassination law"
- The botched hanging of William Williams
- The abolition of capital punishment
- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.