Legal Executions in New England

<p> Between 1623 and 1960 (the date of the last execution as of 1999) Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont legally put to death more than 700 men and women for a wide variety of capital crimes ranging from army desertion to murder. This is a companion volume to <I>Legal Executions in New York State</I> and <I>Legal Executions in New Jersey</I> both published by McFarland. It is comprised of chronologically arranged biographical entries for the executed persons. Each entry gives personal data on the executed person including age ethnicity and gender as well as a detailed account of the crime for which he or she was sentenced to death and information on the place and method of execution. Fully indexed.</p>