Unlucky to the end : the story of Janise Marie Gamble / / Richard W. Pound

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958947403321
• Autore: Pound Richard W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9786612850332; 9780773578623; 0773578625; 9781282850330; 1282850334; 9780773560390; 0773560394
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.152/3092
• Soggetti: Female offenders - Alberta - Calgary; Police murders - Alberta - Calgary - History - 20th century; Bank robberies - Alberta - Calgary - History - 20th century; Judicial error - Canada; Female offenders - Canada; Policiers - Meurtre - Alberta - Calgary - Histoire - 20e siecle; Vol de banque - Alberta - Calgary - Histoire - 20e siecle; Erreur judiciaire - Canada; Criminelles - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Vancouver -- Robbery and Shootout -- Initial Contacts and Opening Negotiations -- Hostage Siege -- End Game -- On Trial for Murder -- Legal Submissions, Charge to the Jury, and Verdict -- Appeal and Rejection -- Second Thoughts -- Plan B -- Supreme Court of Canada -- Unlucky to the End -- Conclusion -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Unlucky to the End Richard Pound provides a detailed and thought-; provoking examination of the circumstances of the robbery, the subsequent flight of the suspects and murder of the policeman, as well as the hostage scene that led to the death of one of the robbers. He uses transcripts from the Calgary trial to explore Gamble's conviction and details the efforts that, after fourteen years in the desolate Kingston Prison for Women, finally led to her parole.