The Whole Truth?: A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail - Couverture souple

Pohlman, H.L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155849166X ISBN 13 : 9781558491663

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 1999

Synopsis

On May 13, 1988, Stephen Roy Carr, a so-called mountain man living in Michaux State Forest in south central Pennsylvania, shot two female hikers while they were making love at a campsite near the Appalachian Trail. Rebecca Wight died at the scene. Claudia Brenner, despite five bullet wounds, survived to testify against her attacker.
In this book, H. L. Pohlman reconstructs the dramatic story of this murder case and traces its disposition through the criminal justice system. Drawing on interviews with participants as well as court records, he closely examines competing interpretations of the evidence. Was the attack a hate crime? A sex crime? A class crime? At the same time, he shows how a broad range of substantive and procedural issues--from the rights of the accused to evaluation of potential mitigating circumstances--can influence the assessment of culpability in homicide cases.

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À propos de l?auteur

H. L. Pohlman is professor of political science at Dickinson College. He is editor of Political Thought and the American Judiciary, published by the University of Massachusetts Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155849166X
• ISBN 13: 9781558491663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible