Author : Mary Timothy
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"As foreperson of the Angela Davis jury, Mary Timothy ushers us into the courtroom and provides us with rinside sears at what has been called "the trial of the century." Jury Woman reveals gross inequities in the jury system itself -- for which Mary Timothy offers nine points for radical reform." -- Publisher's description.
Author : Holly J. McCammon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1107009928
This book explores efforts by women to gain the right to sit on juries in the United States. After they won the vote, many organized women in the early twentieth century launched a new campaign to further expand their citizenship rights. The work here tells the story of how women in fifteen states pressured lawmakers to change the law so that women could take a place in the jury box. The history shows that the jury movements that tailored their tactics to the specific demands of the political and cultural context succeeded more rapidly in winning a change in jury law.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Instructions to juries
ISBN :
... The purpose of this handbook is to acquaint trial jurors with the general nature and importance of their role as jurors; explains some of the language and procedures used in court, and offers some suggestions helpful to jurors in performing their duty ...
Author : Holly J. McCammon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 10,97 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107378508
When women won the vote in the United States in 1920 they were still routinely barred from serving as jurors, but some began vigorous campaigns for a place in the jury box. This book tells the story of how women mobilized in fifteen states to change jury laws so that women could gain this additional right of citizenship. Some campaigns quickly succeeded; others took substantially longer. The book reveals that when women strategically adapted their tactics to the broader political environment, they were able to speed up the pace of jury reform, while less strategic movements took longer. A comparison of the more strategic women's jury movements with those that were less strategic shows that the former built coalitions with other women's groups, took advantage of political opportunities, had past experience in seeking legal reforms and confronted tensions and even conflict within their ranks in ways that bolstered their action.
Author : Randolph N. Jonakait
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780300124637
"In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and social pressures that have driven the development of the jury system; contrasts the American jury system to the legal process in other countries; reveals subtle changes in the popular view of juries; examines how the news media, movies, and books portray and even affect the system; and discusses the empirical data that show how juries actually operate and what influences their decisions.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Women
ISBN :
Author : Greg Beratlis
Publisher : Phoenix Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 161467163X
We, the Jury is the dramatic story of seven jurors, who convicted Scott Peterson of murdering his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner, despite a series of internal battles that brought the first major murder trial of the 21st century to the brink of a mistrial. The Peterson jurors argued and disagreed but eventually bonded to seal the fate of the icy killer who dumped his victims into the bullet-gray waters of San Francisco Bay. The seven jurors of We, the Jury were seven average Americans who never imagined the horrors they would face or the phantoms that would haunt them after they convicted the enigmatic murderer and recommended that he be put to death. This is the story of how the American jury system worked after being battered by critics for the way it functioned in the trials of O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson. Unlike the jurors in those trials, who second-guessed themselves, the Peterson jurors do not question their decisions. It wasn’t one thing that condemned Scott Peterson, it was everything.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Jury
ISBN :
Author : Michael S. Lief
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1471108546
In the hands of a skilled trial lawyer, the closing argument offers the courtroom's greatest dramatic possiblilities. It is the advocate's last opportunity to convince the jury of their version of the "truth" before the defendent's fate is sealed. Every argument included here is a finely crafted verbal work of art - they represent the modern-day, highest form of an ancient profession and art: that of the storyteller. The only available collection of great closing arguments - complete with insightful analysis and biographical profiles of the lawyers involved - this fascinating volume gathers the passionate finales of the most celebrated cases in history. Included are the climactic closes to the Nuremberg War Trials; Gerry Spence's crusade against the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Power Plant after the mysterious death of Karen Silkwood; Vincent Bugliosi's successful prosecution of cult leader Charles Manson and his followers; the astounding acquittal of John Delorean despite video evidence of his offences and the prosecution resulting from the Mai Lai massacre.
Author : Leslie Abramson
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671023263
Most celebrated among these were the two death penalty murder trials in which she represented Erik Menendez, who, along with his brother, killed his parents after years of sexual and emotional abuse.
