Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and an Ordinary Murder in New HavenUniversity of Missouri Press, 2006 - 207 pages "A murder trial ends in a hung jury because of the reasonable doubt of a few jurors who, faced with circumstantial evidence, refuse to judge the accused. Thompson confronts this evasion of judgment through the reexamination of the works of Faulkner, Austen, Tocqueville, Plato, and Aristotle"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents
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II The Trial | 18 |
III Deliberation | 49 |
IV My Literary Jurors | 106 |
V Final Arguments | 157 |
Afterword | 180 |
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Other editions - View all
Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and the Art of Judging Norma Thompson Limited preview - 2011 |
Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and an Ordinary ..., Volume 48 Norma Thompson No preview available - 2006 |
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