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Chargement... The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century (édition 2007)par Harold Schechter (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century par Harold Schechter
   True Crime (16) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) SwitchKnitter | Dec 19, 2021 |  ) klnbennett | Oct 7, 2020 |  ) TiffanyHow | Oct 3, 2017 | Did not realize that those yellow papers as they call it came from that time period and also did not know there was so much crime even back then. There were so many interesting tidbits about crimes committed back in the days like the murderess Ruth Snyder and the famous photo of her in the electric chair. The photo apparently was for 30 years the most infamous picture in the history of tabloid journalism. A very interesting story about a man Roland Molineux and about his trial. Some of the things that were decided during this trial (or in the appeal) are still being used today. a criminal case should be tried on the facts and not on the basis of a defendant's propensity to commit the crime charged. It is axiomatic that propensity evidence invites a jury to misfocus, if not base its verdict, on a defendant's prior crimes rather than on the evidence (or lack of evidence) relating to the case before it. We have repeated this theme throughout the last century 1  Marlene-NL | Mar 12, 2016 | ) AliceaP | Jan 20, 2016 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune-hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time-all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)364.1523092Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against persons Homicide Murder History, geographic treatment, biography BiographyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.83)
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