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Six famous murder trials are examined in this book. All six verdicts are open to dispute. Three, in my belief, are demonstrably bad.
I have tried not only to analyse the facts but to recreate the atmosphere in which these trials were fought, so that the reader can determine the dominating influences that led to their unsatisfactory result - shortcomings of counsel, ineptitude of judge, prejudice of jury, or any other weakness to which the human race is constitutionally prone.
There is reason to suppose that, in British and American courts, miscarriages of justice are relatively rare. But however infrequent, they still affront the conscience, and study of those that disfigure the past will not be profitless if the knowledge thereby gained lessens the chance of repetition.
Contents:
Florence Maybrick
Steinie Morrison
Norman Thorne
Edith Thompson
William Herbert Wallace
Lizzie Borden
Six famous murder trials are examined in this book. All six verdicts are open to dispute. Three, in my belief, are demonstrably bad.
I have tried not only to analyse the facts but to recreate the atmosphere in which these trials were fought, so that the reader can determine the dominating influences that led to their unsatisfactory result - shortcomings of counsel, ineptitude of judge, prejudice of jury, or any other weakness to which the human race is constitutionally prone.
There is reason to suppose that, in British and American courts, miscarriages of justice are relatively rare. But however infrequent, they still affront the conscience, and study of those that disfigure the past will not be profitless if the knowledge thereby gained lessens the chance of repetition.
Contents:
Florence Maybrick
Steinie Morrison
Norman Thorne
Edith Thompson
William Herbert Wallace
Lizzie Borden
- GenresTrue CrimeHistoryCrime
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1952
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April 25, 2020
Interesting and to the point
The book reads as it should a light scholarly study of cases where juries could have gone either way in their verdict. How the outcomes of these cases were skewed by various influences is interesting. However, the aspect especially annoying has nothing whatever to do with the author’s endeavors but rather the transcription from hard print to Kindle format—shabbily done without editing for accuracy or style.
The book reads as it should a light scholarly study of cases where juries could have gone either way in their verdict. How the outcomes of these cases were skewed by various influences is interesting. However, the aspect especially annoying has nothing whatever to do with the author’s endeavors but rather the transcription from hard print to Kindle format—shabbily done without editing for accuracy or style.
February 22, 2023
Un libro muy interesante con el relato de media docena de juicios criminales de inicio del siglo XX. Con un relato técnico de como presentan los casos la acusación y la defensa. Y más allá de que los veredictos hayan sido discutidos históricamente, en la lectura de hoy, no sabemos si fueron o no correctos. Muy recomendable para abogados y legos.
November 7, 2021
Excelente
October 29, 2015
Culpable o inocente?
Recae en 12 personas determinar si la persona acusada de cometer un crimen es Culpable o Inocente; están estas "personas simples" preparadas para tal responsabilidad?
El autor a través de seis casos reales que se sustanciaron en la Corte de la Corona Británica, nos muestra la historia de los protagonistas, los hechos concernientes al crimen en cuestión y luego el proceso judicial con el determinante accionar de abogados defensores, fiscales, jueces y jurados.
Muy recomendado!
Recae en 12 personas determinar si la persona acusada de cometer un crimen es Culpable o Inocente; están estas "personas simples" preparadas para tal responsabilidad?
El autor a través de seis casos reales que se sustanciaron en la Corte de la Corona Británica, nos muestra la historia de los protagonistas, los hechos concernientes al crimen en cuestión y luego el proceso judicial con el determinante accionar de abogados defensores, fiscales, jueces y jurados.
Muy recomendado!
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