Lethal state : a history of the death penalty in North Carolina

Lethal state : a history of the death penalty in North Carolina / Seth Kotch.

Author/creator	Kotch, Seth author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Description	pages cm.
Subject(s)	Capital punishment--North Carolina --History --20th century. Capital punishment--North Carolina --History --19th century. Lynching. African Americans--Civil rights --History --20th century. North Carolina--Race relations --History --20th century.

Series	Justice, Power, and Politics Justice, power, and politics. ^A1147248
Contents	The general sense of justice : lynching and the death penalty, 1880-1950 -- Without howling, without squirming : reinventing the death penalty in Jim Crow North Carolina, 1910-1936 -- I cannot allow this boy to be executed : the essential role of mercy, 1910-1949 -- Intelligent and civilized sentiments : activism, discretion, and the decline of the death penalty, 1941-1961 -- An emotional craving : the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina, 1961-1984.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2018021265
ISBN	9781469649863 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1469649861
ISBN	9781469649870 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	146964987X

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Reference	HV8699.U6 N846 2019	✔ Available