ISBN: 9780814726273 - the death of old man rice: a true story of criminal justice in america (4 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight lean to the spine. The dust jacket's spine is sunned. Previous owner's seal blind stamped near the bottom of the title page. Clean copy. 423 pages with more than 60 photographs and illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in white, illustrated dust jacket. xii, 423 pages with Notes. Illustrated with more than 60 black-and-white photographs and contemporary courtroom drawings. A meticulously researched combination of true crime history, murder mystery, and legal analysis. Legal scholar Martin Friedland explores the sensational 1900 murder trial of Albert Patrick—a young lawyer accused of forging the will of Texas multimillionaire William Marsh Rice (the founder of Rice University) and executing him by chloroform poisoning in his Manhattan apartment. Friedland lays out the historical trial details and subsequent appeals, casting doubt on what initially seemed like an open-and-shut case. Along the way, he highlights striking parallels to modern celebrity trials by examining the sensationalist turn-of-the-century yellow press, the hiring of high-priced expert witnesses, systemic flaws in penal institutions, and the overwhelming legal advantages enjoyed by the wealthy.…

xx + 423pp. With black and white illustrations. Cloth boards, little scuffed. Dust jacket little edge worn. 24x16cms.