Martin J Siegel

Judgment and Mercy

The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs

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Produktbeschreibung

"The first biography of the federal judge Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-92). Kaufman presided over the atomic espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951 and sentenced them to death. The book also examines Kaufman's rise from poverty, his work as a celebrated prosecutor, his landmark opinions expanding civil liberties, and his often tragic personal life"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 144mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781501768521
• ISBN-10: 1501768522
• Artikelnr.: 64141316

Autorenporträt

Martin J. Siegel

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Funeral
1. Isidore Mortem
2. Demon Boy Prosecutor
3. A Dream Come True
4. At Home on the Bench and Park Avenue
5. The Trial of the Century
6. Worse Than Murder
7. Immortality
8. Beaten by the Harvards
9. Apalachin and the Little Rock of the North
10. Elevation and Descent
11. The Forgotten Man
12. Hippieland
13. The Most Cherished Tenet
14. Annus Horribilis
15. Some Form of Justice
16. Keep the Beacon Burning
Epilogue: "I Can't Believe I'm Going to Die"