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Evan J. Mandery - Wild Justice - 9780393348965 - V9780393348965
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Wild Justice

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Description for Wild Justice Paperback. New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Drawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.

For two hundred years, the constitutionality of capital punishment had been axiomatic. But in 1962, Justice Arthur Goldberg and his clerk Alan Dershowitz dared to suggest otherwise, launching an underfunded band of civil rights attorneys on a quixotic crusade. In 1972, in a most unlikely victory, the Supreme Court struck down Georgia’s death penalty law in Furman v. Georgia. Though the decision had sharply divided the justices, nearly everyone, including the justices themselves, believed Furman would mean the end of executions in America.

Instead, states responded with a swift and decisive showing of support for capital punishment. As anxiety about ... Read more

A Wild Justice is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the Court, the justices, and the political complexities of one of the most racially charged and morally vexing issues of our time.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393348965
SKU
V9780393348965
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About Evan J. Mandery
Evan J. Mandery is a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. A former capital defense attorney, he is the author of A Wild Justice and five previous books. He lives in Manhasset, New York.

Reviews for Wild Justice
"Explaining Furman and its implications can be tricky, but Evan Mandery… has done both with remarkable ease. Mandery knows how to tell a story, and he’s done some terrific research."
David Oshinsky - New York Times Book Review "Important…. Remarkable."
Andrew Cohen - The Atlantic "If someone described a book about the Supreme Court’s decisions to strike down ... Read more

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