The Third Degree : The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice

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"'The Third Degree' is the true story of a young man's abuse by the Washington police and an arduous, seven-year journey through the legal system that drew in Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John W. Davis, and J. Edgar Hoover. The ordeal culminated...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seligman, Scott D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln [Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wan, Ziang Sun > Trials, litigation, etc.
Wan, Ziang Sung > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)
Diplomats.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Diplomates > Chine.
Proces (Meurtre) > États-Unis.
Diplomats > Crimes against > United States.
Diplomats > China.
Trials (Murder) > United States.
United States.
China.
Internet resources.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"'The Third Degree' is the true story of a young man's abuse by the Washington police and an arduous, seven-year journey through the legal system that drew in Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John W. Davis, and J. Edgar Hoover. The ordeal culminated in a sweeping Supreme Court ruling penned by Justice Louis Brandeis that set the stage for the Miranda warning many years later. Scott D. Seligman argues that the importance of the case hinges not on the defendant's guilt or innocence but on the imperative that a system that presumes one is innocent until proven guilty provides protections against coerced confessions."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9781640120624

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