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The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story / by Robertson, Cara,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology--the trial of Lizzie Borden--based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple's younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone--rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople--had an opinion about Lizzie Borden's guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn't she? The popular fascination with the Borden murders and its central enigmatic character has endured for more than one hundred years. Immortalized in rhyme, told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror, but one typically wrenched from its historical moment. In contrast, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom. Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties"--
Subjects: Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927; Trials (Murder);
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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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Percy [videorecording] / by Aiyar, Pathy,actor.; Alvarez, Monique,actor.; Beach, Adam,1972-actor.; Braff, Zach,1975-actor.; Del Campo, Andrea,actor.; Donovan, Martin,1957-actor.; Kirby, Luke,1978-actor.; Ricci, Christina,actor.; Walken, Christopher,1943-actor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Christopher Walken, Pathy Aiyar, Monique Alvarez, Adam Beach, Zach Braff, Martin Donovan, Luke Kirby, Andrea Del Campo, Christina Ricci.Based on events from a 1998 lawsuit, Percy follows small-town farmer Percy Schmeiser, who challenges a major conglomerate when the company's genetically modified (GMO) canola is discovered in the 70-year-old farmer's crops. As he speaks out against the company's business practices, he realizes he is representing thousands of other disenfranchised farmers around the world fighting the same battle. Suddenly, he becomes an unsuspecting folk hero in a desperate war to protect farmers' rights and the world's food supply against what they see as corporate greed.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Schmeiser, Percy; Monsanto Company; Farmers; Farms; Transgenic organisms;
For private home use only.
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The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town / by Grisham, John;
Subjects: Williamson, Ronald Keith, 1953-2004; Capital punishment; Judicial error;
© c2006., Doubleday :
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Waiting to be heard : a memoir / by Knox, Amanda.;
The young exchange student whose conviction and acquittal on murder charges in Italy made headlines worldwide tells the full story of her ordeal, from the events that led to her arrest to her hard-fought battle to overcome injustice.
Subjects: Kercher, Meredith.; Knox, Amanda; Homicide investigation; Murder; Trials (Murder);
© c2013., Harper,
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No way to run : a mother and son story of surviving abuse / by Crichton, Holly,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Crichton, Holly.; Crichton, Mat; Victims of family violence; Trials (Manslaughter);
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Denial [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Foster, Gary,1961-film producer.; Hare, David,1947-screenwriter.; Jackson, Mick,film director.; Krasnoff, Russ,film producer.; Scott, Andrew,1976 October 21-actor.; Spall, Timothy,1957-actor.; Weisz, Rachel,1971-actor.; Wilkinson, Tom,1948-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Lipstadt, Deborah E.Denial.; Bleecker Street Films (Firm),presenter.; Participant Media,production company.; BBC Films,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Howard Shore ; editor Justine Wright ; director or photography, Haris Zambarloukos.Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Alex Jennings.When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Irving, David John Cawdell, 1938-; Lipstadt, Deborah E.; Penguin (Firm); Holocaust denial; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Trials (Libel);
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Chasing Cosby : the downfall of America's dad / by Egan, Nicole Wisensee,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Cosby, Bill, 1937-; Cosby, Bill, 1937-; Sex crimes.; Sex crimes; Sexual abuse victims.;
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Indefensible : the missing truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer / by Griesbach, Michael,author.;
Subjects: Avery, Steven; Halbach, Teresa; Trials (Murder); Murder; Judicial error;
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I will never see the world again : the memoir of an imprisoned writer / by Altan, Ahmet,author.; Çongar, Yasemin,1966-translator.; Sands, Philippe,1960-writer of foreword.; translation of:Altan, Ahmet.Essays.Selections.English.;
"A resilient Turkish writer's inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authoritarianism. "The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own." Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places"--
Subjects: Altan, Ahmet; Journalism, School; Political crimes and offenses;
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