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Effigy [[electronic resource] ] : images of capital defendents [sic] / / Allison M. Cotton



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Autore: Cotton Allison M. <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Effigy [[electronic resource] ] : images of capital defendents [sic] / / Allison M. Cotton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
Disciplina: 345.73/0773
Soggetto topico: Capital punishment - United States
Defense (Criminal procedure) - United States
Prosecution - United States
Jury - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-203) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The death penalty in the United States and how juries operate -- The importance of defining the defendant -- The legal fight -- The guilt phase : how the defense/prosecution saw their mission -- The penalty phase : the prosecution's/defense's mission -- Who is the defendant? : the prosecution's/defense's answer -- The impact on jurors -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict.
Titolo autorizzato: Effigy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-49325-6
9786612493256
0-7391-3009-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782245003321
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Serie: Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)