A "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : the Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi / / by Richard C. Cortner
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Cortner Richard C
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| Titolo: |
A "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi [[electronic resource] ] : the Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi / / by Richard C. Cortner
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University of Mississippi, c1986 |
| Edizione: | Print-on-demand ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 345.73/02523 |
| 347.3052523 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Trials (Murder) - Mississippi - DeKalb |
| Right to counsel - United States | |
| Confession (Law) - United States | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Bibliography: p. 170. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 A Murder in Bloody Kemper; 2 ""Not Too Much for a Negro"": The Trial of the Kemper County Trio; 3 John Clark's Appeal; 4 Earl Brewer's Appeal; 5 A Question of Money: The NAACP-CIC Connection; 6 The Quiet of a Storm Center: The Brown Case and the New Deal Court; 7 Brown v. Mississippi: Remand and Aftermath; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture to the murder of a white planter. This case, similar to the notorious ""Scottsboro"" case in Alabama, paved the way for the controversial MIRANDA decision thirty years later.This book presents a dramatic story of both tragedy and triumph, one in which human na |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi |
| ISBN: | 1-283-45527-7 |
| 9786613455277 | |
| 1-60473-907-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778916603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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