Wrongly Executed? - The Long-forgotten Context of Charles Sberna's 1939 Electrocution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781365528729)

Was Charles Sberna wrongly convicted of the murder of Police Officer John H.A. Wilson? Was an innocent man sent to the electric chair in 1939? What reasons could the authorities have had for refusing to consider alternatives and rushing Sberna into Sing Sing Prison's death device? 'Wrongly Executed?' provides the details and historical background of the Sberna case. The story is a complex and controversial one, involving celebrity attorneys, Mafia bosses, violent political radicals, media giants and ruthless establishment figures, all set in a period in which Americans sought stability and government-imposed order after years of political upheaval, economic depression and Prohibition Era lawlessness.

Author: Thomas Hunt
ISBN-10: 1365528723
ISBN-13: 9781365528729
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2016
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d