Would you convict? : seventeen cases that challenged the law / Paul H. Robinson.
"Paul Robinson here presents a series of unusual episodes that not only challenged the law, but that defy a facile or knee-jerk verdict. Narrating the facts in compelling but detached detail, Robinson invites readers to sentence the transgressor (or not) before revealing the final outcome of the case." "The cases described in Would You Convict? engage, shock, even repel. Without a doubt, they will challenge you and your belief system. And the way in which juries and judges have resolved them will almost certainly surprise you."--Jacket.
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- ISBN: 0814775314
- ISBN: 9780814775318
- ISBN: 0814775306
- ISBN: 9780814775301
- Physical Description: xiii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©1999.
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General Note: | Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Punishing intent, harm, or dangerousness? -- Knowing the law's commands -- Can committing a crime be doing the right thing? -- Can doing the wrong thing ever be blameless? -- Martyrs for our safety. |
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Subject: | Criminal law > United States. Trials > United States. |
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Would You Convict? : Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law
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Table of Contents
Would You Convict? : Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Acknowledgments | p. xi | |
Prologue | p. 1 | |
1 | Punishing Intent, Harm, or Dangerousness? | p. 3 |
Are Evil Intentions a Crime? | p. 3 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 8 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 9 | |
Background | p. 9 | |
The Aftermath | p. 11 | |
Attempt versus the Complete Offense: The Significance of Resulting Harm | p. 19 | |
Can Father and Daughter Kill the Same Man Twice? | p. 20 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 21 | |
More Facts | p. 22 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 23 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 25 | |
The Aftermath | p. 25 | |
Murder versus Attempted Murder: The Significance of Resulting Harm | p. 27 | |
The Final Outcome | p. 28 | |
The Requirements of Criminal Liability | p. 28 | |
Life Imprisonment for Air Conditioning Fraud? | p. 28 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 31 | |
Trial and Sentence | p. 32 | |
Punishing Dangerousness: Cloaking Preventive Detention as Criminal Justice | p. 32 | |
The Appeal | p. 37 | |
The Cost of Undercutting the Criminal Law's Moral Credibility | p. 37 | |
The Final Outcome | p. 40 | |
Segregating Preventive Detention from Criminal Justice | p. 41 | |
2 | Knowing the Law's Commands | p. 44 |
The Congenial Cadaver | p. 44 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 50 | |
The Legality Principle and Its Rationales | p. 50 | |
The Aftermath | p. 52 | |
Today | p. 53 | |
When Can an Officer Carry a Gun? | p. 54 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 56 | |
The Law | p. 57 | |
At Trial | p. 73 | |
At Trial Again: Ignorance or Mistake of Law Is No Excuse | p. 74 | |
Acquitting the Bakers but Convicting the Marreros? | p. 74 | |
Communicating the Criminal Law's Commands | p. 76 | |
The Outcome | p. 76 | |
Legality in Omission Offenses | p. 78 | |
Neglecting Mom ... to Death | p. 78 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 81 | |
The Charge | p. 81 | |
The Law's Reluctance to Impose Duties | p. 82 | |
The Outcome | p. 83 | |
Today | p. 84 | |
Striking the Proper Balance between Legality and Justice | p. 84 | |
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers? | p. 85 | |
The Law | p. 87 | |
Ignorance of Law an Excuse? | p. 88 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 89 | |
The Aftermath | p. 90 | |
The Problem of Discretion | p. 90 | |
Same Facts, Different Perspective | p. 91 | |
The Virtues of Legality | p. 95 | |
Finishing the Story | p. 96 | |
3 | Can Committing a Crime Be Doing the Right Thing? | p. 97 |
Escaping the Prisoners | p. 97 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 103 | |
The Trial and Sentence | p. 104 | |
The Defense's Problems | p. 105 | |
On Appeal | p. 106 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 107 | |
The Green Case under the Criminal Law of Other States | p. 107 | |
The Final Outcome | p. 109 | |
Killing for Apples | p. 110 | |
The Law's Rule | p. 113 | |
The Trial and Appeal | p. 114 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 115 | |
Another Look at Ignorance of the Law | p. 116 | |
The Right Deed for the Wrong Reason | p. 123 | |
Disagreement in the Law | p. 125 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 127 | |
The Outcome | p. 127 | |
A Terrorist's Right to Resist the Thief? | p. 129 | |
Today | p. 130 | |
4 | Can Doing the Wrong Thing Ever Be Blameless? | p. 132 |
Loving, Killing Parents | p. 132 | |
At Trial | p. 137 | |
The Law's Challenge | p. 138 | |
The Outcome | p. 140 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 140 | |
Adjudicating Blameworthiness versus Announcing Rules of Conduct | p. 141 | |
The Sentence | p. 142 | |
Killing a Sleeping Abuser | p. 142 | |
The Law's Challenge, Again | p. 147 | |
The Aftermath | p. 148 | |
Battered Spouse Syndrome | p. 149 | |
The Trial | p. 150 | |
The Matters Relevant to Justice | p. 150 | |
The Appeal | p. 151 | |
The All-or-Nothing Disagreement | p. 152 | |
On Remand | p. 153 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 153 | |
The Law's Unmet Challenge | p. 154 | |
The Pedophile Within | p. 155 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 159 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 162 | |
The Trial | p. 162 | |
On Appeal | p. 163 | |
The American View | p. 164 | |
Today | p. 166 | |
Picking Clean Drunks | p. 166 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 170 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 171 | |
Legal Conflict over the Reno Decoy Operation | p. 171 | |
The Peculiar Entrapment Defense | p. 173 | |
The Outcome | p. 174 | |
Legal Disagreements over Entrapment | p. 175 | |
The Aftermath | p. 176 | |
Who Will Explain to Kingston Why Hawkins Gets Off but He Goes to Jail? | p. 176 | |
5 | Martyrs for Our Safety | p. 178 |
A Farm Boy's Treason? | p. 179 | |
The Power of Coercive Indoctrination | p. 181 | |
Richard's Return | p. 183 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 185 | |
The Law's Rules | p. 186 | |
Finishing the Story | p. 189 | |
Of Hippies and Bread Trucks: The Abused Learns to Abuse | p. 191 | |
Alex Cabarga and Richard Tenneson | p. 196 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 198 | |
The Trial and Sentence | p. 199 | |
The Problem of Discretion | p. 199 | |
Desert versus Dangerousness | p. 201 | |
Today | p. 204 | |
Growing Up Gang: The Short, Violent Life of Robert Sandifer | p. 206 | |
People's Intuitions of Justice | p. 209 | |
Robert Sandifer and Alex Cabarga | p. 210 | |
The Aftermath | p. 213 | |
Desert versus Dangerousness, Again | p. 215 | |
Epilogue | p. 217 | |
Appendix | Governing Law, Then and Now | p. 219 |
Index | p. 321 | |
About the Author | p. 328 |