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The Martinsville Seven: Race, Rape and Capital Punishment - Constitutionalism and Democracy Eric W. Rise
The Martinsville Seven: Race, Rape and Capital Punishment - Constitutionalism and Democracy
Eric W. Rise
This text examines the Martinsville case. In 1949, a white woman in Martinsville accused seven young black men of raping her. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out, amid a storm of protest from civil-rights advocates and death-penalty opponents.
256 pages, Illustrations, ports.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 29, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813915678 |
| Publishers | University of Virginia Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 594 g |