Black Rage Confronts the Law.
In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the black rage defense when he successfully defended a young black man charged with armed bank robbery. Dubbed one of the most novel criminal defenses in American history by Vanity Fair, the black rage defense is enormously controversial, frequent...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1997.
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| Series: | Critical America.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the black rage defense when he successfully defended a young black man charged with armed bank robbery. Dubbed one of the most novel criminal defenses in American history by Vanity Fair, the black rage defense is enormously controversial, frequently dismissed as irresponsible, nothing less than a harbinger of anarchy. Consider the firestorm of protest that resulted when the defense for Colin Ferguson, the gunman who murdered numerous passengers on a New York commuter train, claimed it was considering a black rage defense. In this thought-pro. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (310 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780814744765 0814744761 |