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Frontier Justice in the Wild West

Frontier Justice in the Wild West

Frontier Justice in the Wild West

R. Michael Wilson / RMichael Wilson

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2007
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Crímenes reales
ISBN:
9780762743896
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Frontier Justice highlights eighteen crimes and subsequent punishments of the most interesting, controversial, and unusual executions from an era when hangings and shootings were a legal means of capital punishment. Each action-packed chapter includes biographical information, the pursuit, the investigation, legal maneuvers, trial information, and rarely-seen photographs.

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