Title An evil day in Georgia : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / Robert N. Smith

Edition First edition Published Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents The road to nowhere -- Land where we'll never grow old -- Chasing shadows -- The accused -- The end of the road -- Redemption man -- Payment to the law -- "Pretty by ordinary standards" -- The new woman -- Retribution -- Justice denied -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Research methods -- Appendix II: Literature Summary "Follows a homicide case committed in Georgia in 1927 from the crime to the executions of those convicted of the crime almost a year later. Along the way, the narrative highlights a number of issues impacting the death penalty process, many of which are still relevant in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States ... Moreover, the case in question illustrates a range of themes prevalent in post-Progressive Georgia and brings them together to create a broader narrative. Thus, issues of race, class, and gender emerge from what was supposed to be a neutral process; ... demonstrates that capital punishment cannot be administered in an untainted fashion, but its finality demands that it must be"--Athenaeum@UGA website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Thompson, Eula Mae, 1904-1980. Thompson, Clifford, -1928. Moss, James Hugh, -1928. Osborn, Coleman, 1887-1927. SUBJECT Thompson, Eula Mae, 1904-1980 Thompson, Clifford, -1928 Moss, James Hugh, -1928 Osborn, Coleman, 1887-1927 Moss, James Hugh, -1928 fast Osborn, Coleman, 1887-1927 fast Thompson, Clifford, -1928 fast Thompson, Eula Mae, 1904-1980 fast Subject Social control -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Trials (Murder) -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Capital punishment -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Murder -- Georgia -- Chatsworth Region -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Capital punishment Murder Race relations Social conditions Social control Trials (Murder) SUBJECT Georgia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Georgia -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Georgia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781621901471 1621901475

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