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Legacy of violence [electronic resource] : lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota / John D. Bessler.

By: Bessler, John D.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003Description: xx, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Lynching -- Minnesota -- History | Capital punishment -- Minnesota -- History | Executions and executioners -- Minnesota -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.1/34 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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364.1/34 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.