The execution of Peter Smith in Marshall, N.C., 1905.
Smith was allowed to make a public statement before being hanged out of sight of the crowd. By Rebekah Aycock In Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina, Seth Kotch tells the history of the death penalty in…
By Rebekah Aycock In Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina, Seth Kotch tells the history of the death penalty in…