Rules are Made to be Broken: An Anecdotal History of the Douglas County Jail - Softcover

Dempsey, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620060736 ISBN 13: 9781620060735

Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

This book is an anecdotal history of the Douglas County Jail in Omaha, Nebraska. The stories begin in 1891 when Omaha still a little bit rowdy. In 1891 Nebraska, a person facing a murder charge was tried, sentenced, and executed in the same county in which the offense occurred. The first story relates how the first execution at the Jail turned curious spectators into a mob responsible for a horrific lynching that same evening. The book concludes with the 1978 story of two convicted murders that planned and successfully executed the Jail’s most elaborate escape. Unbelievably, the prisoners were able to fashion a set of keys for the doors and made other incredible preparations for the escape. Sandwiched between 1891 and 1978 are stories of several more newsworthy events and other dramatic escapes.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Dempsey is a native of Omaha, Nebraska and retired Douglas County Deputy Sheriff. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Tim also served as the Director of Corrections for Douglas County and was the Chief of Police in Elkhorn, Nebraska for several years. He has always had a strong interest in local history. He still teaches Criminal Justice part-time at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1620060736
• ISBN 13: 9781620060735
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 118