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Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and an Ordinary Murder in New Haven
Norma Thompson
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Description for Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and an Ordinary Murder in New Haven
Hardcover. Takes readers into the courtroom to hear a streetwise convict verbally sparring with the DA, then brings us into the confines of the jury room to have us witness nervous chatter over the meaning of evidence. As an antidote, the author suggests that literary and historical texts can help us develop the capacity for prudential judgment. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
It was to all appearances an ordinary murder - many might have said that it was an open-and-shut case. But some jurors were not convinced, and the taint of reasonable doubt led one of them to question the very future of our legal system. For many Americans, the civic responsibility of jury duty might seem an inconvenience; for Norma Thompson, it was a unique opportunity to bring her expertise to bear on the state of trial procedures in America today. With a background in political science, literature, and the classics, Thompson served as jury foreman in a trial of an ... Read more
It was to all appearances an ordinary murder - many might have said that it was an open-and-shut case. But some jurors were not convinced, and the taint of reasonable doubt led one of them to question the very future of our legal system. For many Americans, the civic responsibility of jury duty might seem an inconvenience; for Norma Thompson, it was a unique opportunity to bring her expertise to bear on the state of trial procedures in America today. With a background in political science, literature, and the classics, Thompson served as jury foreman in a trial of an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216380
SKU
V9780826216380
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About Norma Thompson
NORMA THOMPSON is Senior Lecturer in the Humanities and Associate Director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. She is the author or editor of several books, most recently The Ship of State: Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America.
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