Intelligent and Civilized Sentiments: Activism, Discretion, and the Decline of the Death Penalty, 1941–1961 | Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina | North Carolina Scholarship Online

Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina Seth Kotch https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469649870.001.0001 Published: 2019 Online ISBN: 9781469649894 Print ISBN: 9781469649870 Contents Copyright Page Notes Notes Dedication Notes Notes Graph, Illustrations, and Tables Notes Notes Introduction: A History of the Present Notes Notes 1 The General Sense of Justice: Lynching and the Death Penalty, 1880–1950 Notes Notes 2 Without Howling, Without Squirming: Reinventing the Death Penalty in Jim Crow North Carolina, 1910–1936 Notes Notes 3 I Cannot Allow This Boy to Be Executed: The Essential Role of Mercy, 1910–1949 Notes Notes For Want of Good Moral Character: North Carolina’s White Juries For Want of Good Moral Character: North Carolina’s White Juries Breaking Down the Ancient Landmarks: Opposition to Capital Punishment Breaking Down the Ancient Landmarks: Opposition to Capital Punishment Intelligent and Civilized Sentiments: Henry Canfield’s Pious Protest Intelli...