The third degree : the triple murder that shook Washington and changed American criminal justice.
| Author/creator | Seligman, Scott D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Lincoln [Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Men in a tub -- An unwelcome guest -- Murder at the mission -- Incommunicado -- Interrogation -- Confession -- Indictment and trial -- Appeal -- The third degree -- The Supreme court -- Retrial -- Freedom -- The Wickersham report -- The road to Miranda. |
| Abstract | "'The Third Degree' is the true story of a young man's abuse by the Washington police and an arduous, seven-year journey through the legal system that drew in Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John W. Davis, and J. Edgar Hoover. The ordeal culminated in a sweeping Supreme Court ruling penned by Justice Louis Brandeis that set the stage for the Miranda warning many years later. Scott D. Seligman argues that the importance of the case hinges not on the defendant's guilt or innocence but on the imperative that a system that presumes one is innocent until proven guilty provides protections against coerced confessions."--Book jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Seligman, Scott D. Third degree. Lincoln [Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018 9781612349947 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Trials, litigation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Internet resources. |
| LCCN | 2017044663 |
| ISBN | 9781640120600 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1640120602 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781640120624 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1640120629 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt2248sm1 JSTOR |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |