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Indlæser... The Martinsville Seven: Race, Rape, and Capital Punishmentaf Eric W. Rise
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The book speaks of segregation, Jim Crow, and violent crimes. Seven were tried , convicted of a horrific act of rape and were executed (minutes) apart from each other in 1951. There were some who blieve the victim had the wrong men and some believe they got what they deserved, others never spoke of the crime even until today. Several decades later, many are left wondering what happened on that tragic night on January 8, 1949? ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the case of the Martinsville Seven, a group of young black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia. Covering every aspect of the proceedings from the commission of the crime through two appeals, Eric W. Rise reexamines common assumptions about the administration of justice in the South. Although the defendants confessed to the crime, racial prejudice undeniably contributed to their eventual executions. Rise highlights the efforts of the attorneys who, rather than focusing on procedural errors, directly attacked the discriminatory application of the death penalty. The Martinsville Seven case was the first instance in which statistical evidence was used to prove systematic discrimination against blacks in capital cases. No library descriptions found. |
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