03504nam 2200613Ia 450 991080768660332120200520144314.00-7914-8361-41-4237-4804-2(CKB)1000000000458828(SSID)ssj0000206951(PQKBManifestationID)11954568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206951(PQKBWorkID)10229053(PQKB)10049475(MiAaPQ)EBC3407605(OCoLC)63147014(MdBmJHUP)muse6257(Au-PeEL)EBL3407605(CaPaEBR)ebr10579028(OCoLC)923406794(DE-B1597)683019(DE-B1597)9780791483619(EXLCZ)99100000000045882820040423d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMurder on trial 1620-2002 /edited by Robert Asher, Lawrence B. Goodheart, and Alan Rogers1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc2005viii, 279 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6377-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Adjudicating homicide : the legal framework and social norms / Robert Asher, Lawrence B. Goodheart, and Alan Rogers -- Cross-cultural "Murther" and retribution in colonial New England / John J. Navin -- Jim Crow justice, the Richmond Planet, and the murder of Lucy Pollard / Michael A. Trotti -- Justice denied : race and the 1982 murder trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal / Dave Lindorff -- Murder and minors : changing standards in the criminal law of Connecticut, 1650-1853 / Nancy H. Steenburg -- Murder and madness : the ambiguity of moral insanity in nineteenth-century Connecticut / Lawrence B. Goodheart -- Mad men and wronged women : murder and the insanity defense in Massachusetts, 1844-2000 / Alan Rogers -- Murder by inches : Shakers, family, and the death of Elder Caleb Dyer / Elizabeth A. De Wolfe -- "He has ravished my poor, simple, innocent wife!" : exploring the meaning of honor in the murder trials of George W. Cole / Laura-Eve Moss -- Bodies of evidence : inquest photography in the trial of Lizzie Borden / Tiffany Johnson Bidler.This fascinating collection examines murder jurisprudence—the social rules that govern the arrest, trial, and punishment of people accused of murder—in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The contributors show how changing social mores have influenced the application of murder law by highlighting the ways cultural biases like racism, changing ideas about childhood and insanity, and the ameliorative effects of middle class status and paternal imagery both helped and handicapped persons accused of murder. Such famous cases as the Lizzie Borden axe murder and African American activist Abu-Jamal's murder trial are included.MurderUnited StatesHistoryHomicideUnited StatesHistoryMurderHistory.HomicideHistory.345.73/02523/09Asher Robert120958Goodheart Lawrence B.1944-1666854Rogers Alan1936-1655628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807686603321Murder on trial4066453UNINA