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The Beauty Defense

Author : Laura James
Publisher : Kent State University
ISBN 13 : 9781606353943
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Beauty Defense written by Laura James and published by Kent State University. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice is blind, they say, but perhaps not to beauty. In supposedly dispassionate courts of law, attractive women have long avoided punishment, based largely on their looks, for cold-blooded crimes. The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial gathers the true stories of some of the most infamous femmes fatales in criminal history, collected by attorney and true crime historian Laura James. With cases from 1850 to 1997, these 32 examples span more than a century, across cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic status. But all were so beautiful, as James demonstrates, that they got away with murder. When Madeline Smith, a Glasgow socialite, tried to end a relationship with one man to date another, her jilted lover proved difficult to shake. She solved the problem, James writes, with arsenic-laced chocolates. And in Warrenton, Virginia, mild-mannered heiress Susan Cummings gunned down her polo-playing boyfriend, Roberto, following a disagreement. While these two women lived in different centuries and on different continents, both of their lawyers argued that they were too beautiful to be killers. And in both cases, the juries bought it. In telling the stories of Madeline Smith and Susan Cummings--and 30 others--James proves the existence of the so-called Beauty Defense and shines a spotlight on how gender bias has actually benefited femmes fatales and affected legal systems across the world.

The Beauty Defense

Author : Laura James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631013997
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Beauty Defense written by Laura James and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice is blind, they say, but perhaps not to beauty. In supposedly dispassionate courts of law, attractive women have long avoided punishment, based largely on their looks, for cold-blooded crimes. The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial gathers the true stories of some of the most infamous femmes fatales in criminal history, collected by attorney and true crime historian Laura James. With cases from 1850 to 1997, these 32 examples span more than a century, across cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic status. But all were so beautiful, as James demonstrates, that they got away with murder. When Madeline Smith, a Glasgow socialite, tried to end a relationship with one man to date another, her jilted lover proved difficult to shake. She solved the problem, James writes, with arsenic-laced chocolates. And in Warrenton, Virginia, mild-mannered heiress Susan Cummings gunned down her polo-playing boyfriend, Roberto, following a disagreement. While these two women lived in different centuries and on different continents, both of their lawyers argued that they were too beautiful to be killers. And in both cases, the juries bought it. In telling the stories of Madeline Smith and Susan Cummings--and 30 others--James proves the existence of the so-called Beauty Defense and shines a spotlight on how gender bias has actually benefited femmes fatales and affected legal systems across the world.

STRONG ON DEFENSE: SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FRO

Author : Sanford Strong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671522930
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book STRONG ON DEFENSE: SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FRO written by Sanford Strong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows you how to make tough-minded survival decisions. It's a book you can't afford to live without.

Beauty in Photography

Author : Robert Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Beauty in Photography written by Robert Adams and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third printing, Beauty In Photography is updated on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition. Illustrated.

The True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Author : Jordan Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781952295522
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The True, the Good, and the Beautiful written by Jordan Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Defense

Author : Steve Cavanagh
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250090717
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Defense written by Steve Cavanagh and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense." —Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two aren't that different. Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's ten-year-old daughter: Eddie has to take this case whether he likes it or not. Using his razor-sharp wit and every con, bluff, grift, and trick in the book, Eddie has only forty-eight hours to defend an impossible murder trial. And if he loses this case, he loses everything.

Beauty Bites Beast

Author : Ellen Snortland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971144705
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Beauty Bites Beast written by Ellen Snortland and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at how family, religion, history, news and entertainment keep women thinking they are defenseless. Snortland contends that women are capable of defending themselves and their loved ones--if they learn how. She argues that is not the female's size, it is her culturally induced ignorance that makes her think she is helpless. Snortland offers a clarion call to all women to wake up and take charge of their own self-defense--both verbal and physical--and celebrates women (and kids) who fought back. --Adapted from publisher description.

The Defense is Ready

Author : Leslie Abramson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671023263
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The Defense is Ready written by Leslie Abramson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most celebrated among these were the two death penalty murder trials in which she represented Erik Menendez, who, along with his brother, killed his parents after years of sexual and emotional abuse.

Case of a Lifetime

Author : Abbe Smith
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 023061387X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Case of a Lifetime written by Abbe Smith and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA evidence, but many more languish in prison because their convictions were based on faulty eyewitness accounts and no DNA is available. Prominent criminal lawyer and law professor Abbe Smith weaves together real life cases to show what it is like to champion the rights of the accused. Smith describes the moral and ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty and the weighty burden of fighting for the innocent, including the victorious story of how she helped free a woman wrongly imprisoned for nearly three decades. For fans of Law and Order and investigative news programs like 20/20, Case of a Lifetime is a chilling look at what really determines a person's innocence.

A Crime of Self-Defense

Author : George P. Fletcher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226253343
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book A Crime of Self-Defense written by George P. Fletcher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-06-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal expert George Fletcher uses the celebrated trial of New York's "Subway Vigilante", Bernhard Goetz, as a springboard to probe the profound relationship between this defensive action, the public's understanding of it, and the court's interpretation of it according to the law.

A Defense of Honor (Haven Manor Book #1)

Author : Kristi Ann Hunter
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493413791
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Book Synopsis A Defense of Honor (Haven Manor Book #1) by : Kristi Ann Hunter

Download or read book A Defense of Honor (Haven Manor Book #1) written by Kristi Ann Hunter and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katherine "Kit" FitzGilbert turned her back on London society more than a decade ago, she determined never to set foot in a ballroom again. But when business takes her to London and she's forced to run for her life, she stumbles upon not only a glamorous ballroom but also Graham, Lord Wharton. What should have been a chance encounter becomes much more as Graham embarks on a search for his friend's missing sister and is convinced Kit knows more about the girl than she's telling. After meeting Graham, Kit finds herself wishing things could have been different for the first time in her life, but what she wants can't matter. Long ago, she dedicated herself to helping women escape the same scorn that drove her from London and raising the innocent children caught in the crossfire. And as much as she desperately wishes to tell Graham everything, revealing the truth isn't worth putting him and everyone she loves in danger.

Representing the Accused

Author : Jill Paperno
Publisher : Aspatore Books
ISBN 13 : 9780314285294
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Representing the Accused written by Jill Paperno and published by Aspatore Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a law clinic student making your first foray into criminal defense, a newly admitted attorney, a general practitioner, or an attorney whose practice is concentrated in criminal defense, Representing the Accused will provide you with invaluable advice as you navigate your way through a criminal case. Authored by an experienced criminal defense attorney in a large public defenders office who has personally handled thousands of criminal cases, supervised representation in thousands more, and trained scores of attorneys, this book provides insight and guidance on how to efficiently and effectively manage each step in the handling of a criminal case. In order to help you provide quality representation to your clients, this publication offers clear explanations of a criminal attorneys role at every stage, from the arrest through the conclusion of the case.

In Defense of Mumia

Author : Sam E. Anderson
Publisher : Writers & Readers Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Mumia written by Sam E. Anderson and published by Writers & Readers Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of prose, poetry, and art in support of award-winning journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadephia police officer and sentenced to death after a questionable trial.

No Defense

Author : Kate Wilhelm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book No Defense written by Kate Wilhelm and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Redeemed Good Defense

Author : Anthony MacPherson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666709824
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book The Redeemed Good Defense written by Anthony MacPherson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Why God?” Everyday this question is uttered in sorrow, bewilderment, or anger. This cry is the problem of suffering. It is also known as the problem of evil. It asks why a good, all-powerful God allows evil and pain. Theodicy is the name of the theological responses that seek to defend God against charges of unfairness. Traditional theodicies have been accused of intensifying the problem by claiming that God is justified in allowing evil because he uses it to bring about a greater good. This greater-good approach has been criticized in more recent times. It seems to uncomfortably align God and evil too closely together. Does God need evil in order to bring good? This study explores an alternative stream of theodicy found in the idea of cosmic warfare. In this theodicy God fights evil in its moral, physical, spiritual, and supernatural forms. This book explores the world of theodicy and its cosmic warfare forms. It navigates the theological and ethical minefields involved. Building on the idea that God is in the midst of a great cosmic controversy, it seeks to further the conversation and articulates a new alternative “redeemed good defense.”

Technology Transfer and the Strategic Defense Initiative Research Agreements

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security, and Science
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Technology Transfer and the Strategic Defense Initiative Research Agreements written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security, and Science and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Impact of Strategic Defense Initiative [SDI] on the U.S. Industrial Base

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Impact of Strategic Defense Initiative [SDI] on the U.S. Industrial Base written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: