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An evil day in Georgia : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South /

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 pun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Osborn, Coleman, > 1887-1927.
Murder > Georgia > Chatsworth Region > History > 20th century.
Capital punishment > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Moss, James Hugh, > -1928.
Thompson, Clifford, > -1928.
Thompson, Eula Mae, > 1904-1980.
Social control > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of 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.