"Hanged: Executions in Australia" chronicles a dark chapter of Australian history, recounting sensational and controversial cases of judicial hangings from 1788 to 1967. Jim Main explores crimes ranging from murder and rape to the then capital crime of sheep stealing. The book offers a stark portrayal of the condemned, their victims, the trials, and the executions themselves.
Based on press reports, Main presents graphic accounts of these events, revealing the formal language and often gruesome details that journalists recorded. It's a study of capital punishment, highlighting botched hangings and the gradual abolition of the death penalty across Australian states. This true crime account delves into the barbarous reality of executions and the lives irrevocably altered by the hangman's noose.
Used (good, see images, some yellowing, minor cover wear, and some initial pages folding) Softcover ISBN 9781920910839
