Description |
xix, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
Place of publication from website. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Men in a tub -- An unwelcome guest -- Murder at the mission -- Incommunicado -- Interrogation -- Confession -- Indictment and trial -- Appeal -- The third degree -- The Supreme court -- Retrial -- Freedom -- The Wickersham report -- The road to Miranda. |
Summary |
"'The Third Degree' is the true story of a young man’s abuse by the Washington police and an arduous, seven-year journey through the legal system that drew in Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John W. Davis, and J. Edgar Hoover. The ordeal culminated in a sweeping Supreme Court ruling penned by Justice Louis Brandeis that set the stage for the Miranda warning many years later. Scott D. Seligman argues that the importance of the case hinges not on the defendant's guilt or innocence but on the imperative that a system that presumes one is innocent until proven guilty provides protections against coerced confessions."--Book jacket. |
Language |
Chiefly English with some Chinese. |
Subject |
Wan, Ziang Sung -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trials (Murder) -- United States.
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Diplomats -- China.
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Diplomats -- Crimes against -- United States.
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Diplomats. (OCoLC)fst00894415
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Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
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Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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LAW / Legal History.
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TRUE CRIME / Murder.
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ISBN |
9781612349947 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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1612349943 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781640120600 (electronic book) |
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1640120602 (electronic book) |
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9781640120617 (electronic book) |
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1640120610 (electronic book) |
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9781640120624 (electronic book) |
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1640120629 (electronic book) |
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