UID:
almafu_9959227749002883
Format:
1 online resource (254 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-57286-5
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9786612572869
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0-313-38989-6
Content:
On December 24, 1968, ten-year-old Pamela Powers was brutally murdered, her body dumped at the side of the road to freeze. Robert Anthony Williams was charged with the crime, and a series of trials, appeals, and reversals ensued. The Christian Burial Case: An Introduction to Criminal and Judicial Procedure introduces readers to the intricacies of the American legal system, using the Williams case to illustrate all the stages of the legal process from the point of arrest, to the trial, the appellate process, and, ultimately, the Supreme Court. The text clearly and concisely explains criminal an
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Crime and the Problem; 2 The Criminal Justice Process; 3 The First Trial; 4 The Historical Development of the Rights Against Self-incrimination and to Counsel; 5 The First Appeals; 6 Brewer v. Williams; 7 The Second Trial; 8 The Historical Development of the Exclusionary Rule of Justice; 9 The Second Appeals Process; 10 Nix v. Williams; 11 Aftermath; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-275-97028-0
Language:
English
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