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Unreasonable doubt [electronic resource] : circumstantial evidence and an ordinary murder in New Haven / Norma Thompson.

By: Thompson, Norma, 1959-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: xi, 207 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Bazier, Anthony -- Trials, litigation, etc | Trials (Murder) -- Connecticut -- New Haven | Jury -- Connecticut -- History | Jury -- Philosophy | Jury in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.746/802523 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Two murders, one trial -- The trial -- Deliberation -- My literary jurors -- Final arguments.
Summary: "A murder trial ends in a hung jury because of the reasonable doubt of a few jurors who, faced with circumstantial evidence, refuse to judge the accused. Thompson confronts this evasion of judgment through the reexamination of the works of Faulkner, Austen, Tocqueville, Plato, and Aristotle"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.

Two murders, one trial -- The trial -- Deliberation -- My literary jurors -- Final arguments.

"A murder trial ends in a hung jury because of the reasonable doubt of a few jurors who, faced with circumstantial evidence, refuse to judge the accused. Thompson confronts this evasion of judgment through the reexamination of the works of Faulkner, Austen, Tocqueville, Plato, and Aristotle"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.