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Author : Larry King
Release : 2006
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 038/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beyond a Reasonable Doubt by : Larry King
Download or read book Beyond a Reasonable Doubt written by Larry King. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selection of Larry King's interviews with leading lawyers, judges, jurors, and others on the issue of reasonable doubt in America's legal system.
Author : James Q. Whitman
Release : 2008-01-01
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 004/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Origins of Reasonable Doubt by : James Q. Whitman
Download or read book The Origins of Reasonable Doubt written by James Q. Whitman. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be convicted of a crime in the United States, a person must be proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” But what is reasonable doubt? Even sophisticated legal experts find this fundamental doctrine difficult to explain. In this accessible book, James Q. Whitman digs deep into the history of the law and discovers that we have lost sight of the original purpose of “reasonable doubt.” It was not originally a legal rule at all, he shows, but a theological one. The rule as we understand it today is intended to protect the accused. But Whitman traces its history back through centuries of Christian theology and common-law history to reveal that the original concern was to protect the souls of jurors. In Christian tradition, a person who experienced doubt yet convicted an innocent defendant was guilty of a mortal sin. Jurors fearful for their own souls were reassured that they were safe, as long as their doubts were not “reasonable.” Today, the old rule of reasonable doubt survives, but it has been turned to different purposes. The result is confusion for jurors, and a serious moral challenge for our system of justice.
Author : David Yallop
Release : 2014-10-23
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 577/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beyond Reasonable Doubt? by : David Yallop
Download or read book Beyond Reasonable Doubt? written by David Yallop. This book was released on 2014-10-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 17th June, 1970, in a small farming district, south of Auckland, New Zealand, Harvey and Jeanette Crewe were shot and killed in the lounge of their home. Five months later, a neighbour, Arthur Allan Thomas, was arrested, charged and found guilty of their murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. A retrial in 1972 ended with another guilty verdict. David Yallop, author of To Encourage the Others and The Day the Laughter Stopped, two already celebrated books which dealt with miscarriages of justice, spent over a year in New Zealand investigating the case and became convinced of Thomas' innocence. in an open letter to New Zealand's Prime Minister, he demanded Thomas' release on the grounds that he 'has not been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt. He has in fact been found innocent beyond reasonable doubt.' In 1978, as a direct result of Yallop's intercession and the publication of this book, Thomas was granted a royal pardon and, in 1980, awarded nearly 1 million dollars in compensation for the nine years he had served behind bards. Beyond Reasonable Doubt? is both a riveting work of high drama and a compelling insight into the machinery of criminal justice. A Number One bestseller in hgardcover and the subject of a widely-acclaimed film, it is a lasting testimony to David Yallop's reputation as the world's greatest investigative author.
Author : Richard M. Calkins
Release : 2016-04-01
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Book Rating : 577/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt by : Richard M. Calkins
Download or read book Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt written by Richard M. Calkins. This book was released on 2016-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guilty Beyond A Reasonable DoubtBy Richard M. Calkins
Author : Alan M. Dershowitz
Release : 1997-02-19
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 64X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reasonable Doubts by : Alan M. Dershowitz
Download or read book Reasonable Doubts written by Alan M. Dershowitz. This book was released on 1997-02-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's leading appeal lawyers, Alan Dershowitz was the man chosen to prepare the appeal should O.J. Simpson have been convicted. Now Professor Dershowitz uses this case to examine the larger issues and to identify the social forces - media, money, gender, and race - that shape the criminal-justice system in America today. How could one of the longest trials in the history of America's judicial system produce a verdict after only hours of jury deliberation? Was this really a case of circumstantial evidence?
