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Terror to the wicked : America's first trial by jury that ended a war and helped to form a nation /

A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt and a riveting account of the first murder trial in American history, set in the 1600s in colonial New England against the backdrop of the Pequot War (between the Pequot tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay), an explosive trial whose outcome changed the c...

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Main Author:	Pearl, Tobey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Trials (Murder) > New England > History > 17th century. Murder > New England > History > 17th century. Criminal procedure > New England > History > 17th century. Jury selection > New England > History > 17th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

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