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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the American justice system

Title
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the American justice system / Paul B. Wice.
Author
Wice, Paul B.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2000.

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Description
229 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Examines the murder conviction of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the retrials that followed, noting problems in the case and in the American judicial system itself.
Subject
  • Carter, Rubin, 1937-2014 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Carter, Rubin, 1937-2014
  • Carter, Rubin
  • Trials (Murder) > New Jersey
  • Trials
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Strafverfahren
  • Justizirrtum
  • Strafjustiz
  • New Jersey
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Fateful Night: The Slaughter at the Lafayette Bar and Grill, June 17, 1966 -- Setting the Scene -- The First Trial: May 1967 -- Between Trials: 1967-1976 -- The Second Trial: Part I -- The Second Trial: Part II -- Postscripts and Sideshows -- The Appellate Labyrinth with a Federal Resolution -- Final Judgment -- Dramatis Personae.
ISBN
  • 081352864X
  • 9780813528649
LCCN
00028086
OCLC
  • ocm43599152
  • 43599152
  • SCSB-9015078
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library