Without mercy : the stunning true story of race, crime, and corruption in the Deep South / David Beasley.

On December 9, 1938, the state of Georgia executed six black men in eighty-one minutes in Tattnall Prison’s electric chair. The executions were a record for the state that still stands today. The new prison, built with funds from FDR’s New Deal, as well as the fact that the men were tried and execut...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beasley, David, 1958-
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices > Georgia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Georgia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Crime > Georgia > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Physical Description:x, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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