An evil day in Georgia [electronic resource] : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / Robert N. Smith.
2015
HV6534.C382 S54 2015eb
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An evil day in Georgia [electronic resource] : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / Robert N. Smith.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781621900948
9781621901471 electronic book
9781621901471 electronic book
Published
Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (265 pages)
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HV6534.C382 S54 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.152/3092
Summary
"Follows a homicide case committed in Georgia in 1927 from the crime to the executions of those convicted of the crime almost a year later. Along the way, the narrative highlights a number of issues impacting the death penalty process, many of which are still relevant in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States ... Moreover, the case in question illustrates a range of themes prevalent in post-Progressive Georgia and brings them together to create a broader narrative. Thus, issues of race, class, and gender emerge from what was supposed to be a neutral process; ... demonstrates that capital punishment cannot be administered in an untainted fashion, but its finality demands that it must be"--From Athenaeum@UGA website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
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Table of Contents
The road to nowhere
Land where we'll never grow old
Chasing shadows
The accused
The end of the road
Redemption man
Payment to the law
"Pretty by ordinary standards"
The new woman
Retribution
Justice denied
Epilogue
Appendix I: Research methods
Appendix II: Literature.
Land where we'll never grow old
Chasing shadows
The accused
The end of the road
Redemption man
Payment to the law
"Pretty by ordinary standards"
The new woman
Retribution
Justice denied
Epilogue
Appendix I: Research methods
Appendix II: Literature.