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38 Londres Street : on impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia / by Sands, Philippe,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century's most merciless criminals -- accused of genocide and crimes against humanity -- testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg. On the evening of October 16, 1998, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested at a medical clinic in London. After a brutal, seventeen-year reign marked by assassinations, disappearances, and torture -- frequently tied to the infamous detention center at the heart of Santiago, Londres 38 -- Pinochet was being indicted for international crimes and extradition to Spain, opening the door to criminal charges that would follow him to the grave, in 2006. Three decades earlier, on the evening of December 3, 1962, SS-Commander Walter Rauff was arrested in his home in Punta Arenas, at the southern tip of Chile. As the overseer of the development and use of gas vans in World War II, he was indicted for the mass murder of tens of thousands of Jews and faced extradition to West Germany. Would these uncommon criminals be held accountable? Were their stories connected? The Nuremberg Trials -- where Rauff's crimes had first been read into the record, in 1945 -- opened the door to universal jurisdiction, and Pinochet's case would be the first effort to ensnare a former head of state. In this unique blend of memoir, courtroom drama, and travelogue, Philippe Sands gives us a front row seat to the Pinochet trial -- where he acted as a barrister for Human Rights Watch -- and teases out the dictator's unexpected connection to a leading Nazi who ended up managing a king crab cannery in Patagonia. A decade-long journey exposes the chilling truth behind the lives of two men and their intertwined destinies on 38 Londres Street"--
Subjects: Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto; Rauff, Walter; Crimes against humanity (International law); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Political crimes and offenses; State-sponsored terrorism; Trials (Political crimes and offenses); War crimes;
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Jack Reacher [videorecording] / by Child, Lee.One shot.Videorecording.; Cruise, Tom,1962-; Duvall, Robert.; Herzog, Werner,1942-; Jenkins, Richard,1947-; McQuarrie, Christopher.; Oyelowo, David.; Pike, Rosamund,1979-; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by Joe Kramer ; edited by Kevin Stitt ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel.Tom Cruise, Robert Duval, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike.Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Crime; False arrest; Feature films.; Military police; Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character); Serial murders; Snipers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Resist : a story of D-Day / by Gratz, Alan,1972-;
"When French-Algerian Samira's mother is arrested by the Nazis, Samira must go on a journey through Nazi-occupied France to save her before it is too late...on the same day as D-Day"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; Government, Resistance to;
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Presumed guilty : a novel / by Turow, Scott,author.;
When Aaron's girlfriend Mae turns up dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first degree murder. It's up to retired judge and Aaron's soon to be step-father, Rusty, to defend him.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Trials (Murder);
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Worthy Brown's daughter / by Margolin, Phillip,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In nineteenth-century Oregon, lawyer Matthew Penny agrees to help newly freed slave Worthy Brown free his teenage daughter, but when Worthy is arrested for murder, the new turn in events raises the stakes significantly.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Legal stories.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Freedmen; Lawyers; Trials (Murder);
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Presumed guilty [text (large print)] : a novel / by Turow, Scott,author.;
When Aaron's girlfriend Mae turns up dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first degree murder. It's up to retired judge and Aaron's soon to be step-father, Rusty, to defend him.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Trials (Murder);
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If Beale Street could talk [videorecording] / by Beach, Michael,actor.; Domingo, Colman,actor.; Ellis, Aunjanue,actor.; James, Stephan,1993-actor.; Jenkins, Barry,1979-screenwriter,film director.; King, Regina,actor.; Layne, Kiki,actor.; Parris, Teyonah,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Cinematography, James Laxton ; editor, Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders ; music, Nicholas Britell.Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis.A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; African American families; False arrest; False imprisonment; Malicious accusation; Nineteen seventies; Pregnant women; Unmarried couples;
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The persecution of the Knights Templar : scandal, torture, trial / by Demurger, Alain,author.; Fagan, Teresa Lavender,translator.; translation of:Demurger, Alain.Persécution des Templiers.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-335) and indexes.A history of the infamous trial of the Order of the Knights Templar draws on firsthand testimonies and written records to chronicle the early plots of 1305, the tortured confessions of arrested Templars, and the executions of order leaders.
Subjects: Templars; Templars; Civilization, Medieval.;
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The need : a novel / by Phillips, Helen,1981-author.;
About a mother of two young children who, by confronting a masked intruder in her home, slips into an existential rabbit hole where she grapples with the dualities of motherhood -- joy and dread, longing and suffocation -- in blazing, arresting prose.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mothers; Children; Home invasion;
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The fall. [videorecording] / by Anderson, Gillian,1968-actor.; Cubitt, Allan,screenwriter,television director.; Donnelly, Laura,1982-actor.; Dornan, Jamie,1982-actor.; Morgan, Colin,1986-actor.; Verbruggen, Jakob,television director.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company.; Artists Studio (Firm),production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.; Fables Limited,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Colin Morgan, Aisling Franciosi, Martin McCann.DSI Stella Gibson continues her game of cat and mouse with serial killer Paul Spector in the third series of this smart psychological thriller. She has arrested Spector, but will he survive the gunshot wounds? Will he ever face justice?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Television programs); Fiction television programs.; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Criminal investigation; Murder; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Women detectives;
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