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Published by Univ Tennessee Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1572338628ISBN 13: 9781572338623
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: new.
Published by The University of Tennessee Press 2023-07-31, Knoxville, 2023
ISBN 10: 1621908194ISBN 13: 9781621908197
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by Univ Tennessee Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1572338628ISBN 13: 9781572338623
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Univ Tennessee Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1572338628ISBN 13: 9781572338623
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Published by Univ of Tennessee Pr, 2012
ISBN 10: 1572338628ISBN 13: 9781572338623
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.00x0.80x6.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by University of Tennessee Press, Chicago, 2012
ISBN 10: 1572338628ISBN 13: 9781572338623
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This book tells the dramatic story of twenty-eight law studentsone of whom was the authorwho went south at the height of the civil rights era and helped change death penalty jurisprudence forever. The 1965 project was organised by the NAACP Legal Defence and Educational Fund, which sought to prove statistically whether capital punishment in southern rape cases had been applied discriminatorily over the previous twenty years. If the research showed that a disproportionate number of African Americans convicted of raping white women had received the death penalty regardless of nonracial variables (such as the degree of violence used), then capital punishment in the South could be abolished as a clear violation of the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection Clause. Targeting eleven states, the students cautiously made their way past suspicious court clerks, lawyers, and judges to secure the necessary data from dusty courthouse records. Trying to attract as little attention as possible, they managedamazinglyto complete their task without suffering serious harm at the hands of white supremacists. Their findings then went to University of Pennsylvania criminologist Marvin Wolfgang, who compiled and analysed the data for use in court challenges to death penalty convictions. The result was powerful evidence that thousands of jurors had voted on racial grounds in rape cases. This book not only tells Barrett Foerster and his team mates story but also examines how the findings were used before a U.S. Supreme Court resistant to numbers-based arguments and reluctant to admit that the justice system had executed hundreds of men because of their skin colour. Most important, it illuminates the role the project played in the landmark Furman v. Georgia case, which led to a four-year cessation of capital punishment and a more limited set of death laws aimed at constraining racial discrimination. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.