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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452043203321

Autore

Thompson Norma <1959->

Titolo

Unreasonable doubt [[electronic resource] ] : circumstantial evidence and an ordinary murder in New Haven / / Norma Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6537-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

345.746/802523

Soggetti

Trials (Murder) - Connecticut - New Haven

Jury - Connecticut - History

Jury - Philosophy

Jury in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Two murders, one trial -- The trial -- Deliberation -- My literary jurors -- Final arguments.

Sommario/riassunto

"A murder trial ends in a hung jury because of the reasonable doubt of a few jurors who, faced with circumstantial evidence, refuse to judge the accused. Thompson confronts this evasion of judgment through the reexamination of the works of Faulkner, Austen, Tocqueville, Plato, and Aristotle"--Provided by publisher.