Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England

This book analyses the different types of post-execution punishments and other aggravated execution practices, the reasons why they were advocated, and the decision, enshrined in the Murder Act of 1752, to make two post-execution punishments, dissection and gibbeting, an integral part of sentences f...

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1. Verfasser: Peter King
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Palgrave Macmillan 2021
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