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Would you convict? : seventeen cases that challenged the law / Paul H. Robinson.

Robinson, Paul H., 1948- (Author).

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"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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Would You Convict? : Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

Would You Convict? : Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

by Robinson, Paul H.

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Would You Convict? : Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	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

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