A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi : The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi /

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This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cortner, Richard C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University of Mississippi, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Brown, Ed, > 1906?-
Brown, Ed, > 1906?- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Proces > Mississippi (États-Unis)
Aveux (droit) > États-Unis.
Droit à un defenseur > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Droits.
Verfassungsrecht
Strafverfahren
Geständnis
Trials (Murder)
Right to counsel.
Confession (Law)
LAW > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Confession (Law) > United States.
Right to counsel > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > De Kalb.
USA.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture to the murder of a white planter. This case, similar to the notorious ""Scottsboro"" case in Alabama, paved the way for the controversial MIRANDA decision thirty years later.This book presents a dramatic story of both tragedy and triumph, one in which human na.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604739077

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