Random House Children's Books, Date: 1980. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1980. Random House Children's Books ISBN 0394499891 9780394499895 [US]

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Knopf : distributed by Random House, Date: 1979. Hardcover. Good. 1979. Knopf : distributed by Random House ISBN 0394499891 9780394499895 [US]

ISBN10: 0394499891, ISBN13: 9780394499895, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover Hardback. The 1975 murder trial of Joan Little in North Carolina seemed an almost classic dramatisation of American social issues, bringing into the spotlight questions of racism, women's rights, civil rights, prison reform, capital punishment, Southern justice. A black woman, a convicted felon, was being tried for murdering a white jailer who had allegedly attempted to rape her in her cell in Washington, N.C. The author, raised in the same part of North Carolina as Joan Little, sees the case in a far different context. He gives a sharp and perceptive portrayal of the forces involved: a stolid prosecution that viewed the trial as a contest to be won by traditional legal techniques; a flamboyant defence led by a maverick attorney, Jerry Paul, artfully manipulating the media, introducing exotic courtroom innovations (hypnotism, jury profiling), and projecting the state judiciary as the instrument of social and political oppression; a worried criminal justice establishment trying to dispose expediently of an embarrassisng case with the least possible damage to the state, and a court and jury facing momentous and still unresolved social and political issues that were confused with the basic matter of the defendant's innocence or guilt. The 5-week trial was more "show biz" extravanganza than law, and the question as to whether the killing followed seduction or rape had not really ...
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ISBN10: 0394499891, ISBN13: 9780394499895, [publisher: Random House Children's Books] Hardcover First Edition Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]

ISBN10: 0394499891, ISBN13: 9780394499895, [publisher: Random House Children's Books] Hardcover First Edition Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]

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[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]

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[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]

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[Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]

ISBN10: 0394499891, ISBN13: 9780394499895, [publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1979]

ISBN10: 0394499891, ISBN13: 9780394499895, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover First Edition Remainder stamp on top edge. 298pp. Trial of a black woman in North Carolina accused of murdering her jailer-rapist. (loc 773/2)
[Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]