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The history of the death penalty in Colorado

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dc.contributor.authorRadelet, Michael L., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialColorado
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-08T15:26:02Z
dc.date.available2017-03-08T15:26:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractRadelet chronicles the details of each capital punishment trial and execution that took place in Colorado since 1859. Radelet accounts the debates and struggles over the use of the death penalty, placing the hundreds of cases into the context of a gradual worldwide trend away from this punishment.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Introduction -- 2. Hangings in the nineteenth century -- 3. Twentieth century executions and debates -- 4. The thirty-year struggle to obtain execution no. 103 -- 5. The death penalty in Colorado in the early twenty-first century -- 6. The Hickenlooper years -- Epilogue: summary, trends, and some future possibilities -- Appendix 1: Catalog of Colorado executions, 1859-present -- Appendix 2: People sentenced to death in Colorado, 1860-December 31, 2015, not executed and no longer on death row -- Appendix 3: Colorado death sentences, January 1, 2005-December 31, 2015.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/179990
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.relation.ispartofTimberline books
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Colorado -- History
dc.subject.lcshCriminal justice, Administration of -- Colorado -- History
dc.subject.lcshExecutions and executioners -- Colorado
dc.titleThe history of the death penalty in Colorado
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