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

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Bessler, John D.
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
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xx, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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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ISBN
0816638101 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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