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Author Rogers, Alan, 1936-

Title Murder and the death penalty in Massachusetts / Alan Rogers
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 494 pages)
Contents Murder and due proceeding in colonial Massachusetts -- "Hideous consequences" and the declaration of rights -- "Under sentence of death" : the first effort to abolish the death penalty -- "The monster petition" -- A "tong war" and the second effort to abolish the death penalty -- Sacco and Vanzetti -- The insanity defense -- The right to an attorney and criminal discovery -- Confession : neither fear nor favor -- The right of the accused to an impartial jury -- "Success -- at long last" -- The abolition of the death penalty
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-489) and index
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Subject Murder -- Massachusetts -- History
Capital punishment -- Massachusetts -- History
LAW -- Legal History.
Capital punishment.
Murder.
Massachusetts.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781613761564
1613761562