Scott D. Seligman

The Third Degree

The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

The principal suspect of a mysterious triple murder is pressured into a confession and convicted of first-degree murder, which sets off a chain of events that changes the course of American legal history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 197mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781612349947
• ISBN-10: 1612349943
• Artikelnr.: 50009878

Autorenporträt

Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac Books, 2020), the award-winning The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice (Potomac Books, 2018), and The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Dramatis Personae
Prologue: “The Best of Spirits Prevailed”
1. Three Men in a Tub
2. An Unwelcome Guest
3. Murder at the Mission
4. Incommunicado
5. Interrogation
6. Confession
7. Indictment and Trial
8. Appeal
9. The Third Degree
10. The Supreme Court
11. Retrial
12. Freedom
13. The Wickersham Report
14. The Road to Miranda
Epilogue
Chronology
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index