With justice for some: victims' rights in criminal trials
On November 27, 1978, councilman Dan White bypassed the San Francisco City Hall security systems by crawling through a basement window with a loaded .38. By the time he left City Hall that day, Mayor George Moscone and openly homosexual councilman Harvey Milk had been shot dead - point blank. Convic...
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| Zusammenfassung: | On November 27, 1978, councilman Dan White bypassed the San Francisco City Hall security systems by crawling through a basement window with a loaded .38. By the time he left City Hall that day, Mayor George Moscone and openly homosexual councilman Harvey Milk had been shot dead - point blank. Convicted of manslaughter, not first degree murder, Dan White and the infamous "Twinkie defense" entered the legal vocabulary. The Harvey Milk case also, more ominously, was the beginning of a trend in criminal trials that has led to such disturbing verdicts as those in the recent Lorena Bobbitt, Rodney King, and Menendez brothers trials With Justice for Some: Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials, a ground-breaking book by renowned legal scholar George P. Fletcher, is the first effort to examine the new political trial. In the high-profile, politicized trials of the 1990s, punishment becomes a means of self-vindication for disenfranchised groups who identify with the victims. Criminal trials have become the focal points for activist groups who have suffered in the palace of justice, and who now take their grievances to the street. Gay men stream out of the Castro and riot after the unexpected manslaughter verdict in the slaying of Harvey Milk. Blacks and Hispanics rebel in Los Angeles after the first Rodney King verdict, leaving South-Central L.A. in ruins. Hasidic Jews march and scream their bitter disappointment after the surprise acquittals in trials for the murders of Meir Kahane and Yankel Rosenbaum. Feminists fill the streets to "take back the night" and toughen our laws against rape With his insightful, angry critique, George Fletcher confronts the flaws in America's system of criminal prosecution. He explains exactly how such miscarriages of justice have become endemic. The primary function of today's criminal trials, Fletcher argues, is no longer to determine guilt and to condemn evil. It is rather to understand the mind of the criminal, to camouflage the crime as less heinous and less deserving of punishment. Under the influence of psychiatric experts, criminal evil becomes "deviant behavior." Cold-blooded murderers are treated as abused children. Blaming the victim, defense lawyers picture Rodney King as "in control" of his beating and claim that Yankel Rosenbaum "sacrificed himself." Judges have lost control over their courtrooms, giving lawyers free reign to divert jurors from the facts with outlandish theories that portray their clients as the supposed victims |
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| adam_text | WITH JUSTICE FOR SOME VICTIMS RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS GEORGE R
FLETCHER ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY READING, MASSACHUSETTS MENLO
PARK, CALIFORNIA NEW YORK DON MILLS, ONTARIO WOKINGHAM, ENGLAND
AMSTERDAM BONN SYDNEY SINGAPORE TOKYO MADRID SAN JUAN PARIS SEOUL MILAN
MEXICO CITY TAIPEI CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE NEW POLITICAL TRIAL I
CHAPTER ONE: GAYS 9 BLAMING AND UNDERSTANDING 16 JUNK FOOD AND JUNK
SCIENCE 28 GOOD MOVES AND BAD 33 CHAPTER TWO: BLACKS 31 SINTI VALLEY
SORROWS 38 AGAINST THE ODDS 41 THE FEDERAL RESPONSE 51 TTYING HAERDER THE
SECOND TIME 53 MORE THAN GUILT OR INNOCENCE 61 CHAPTER THREE: JE WS 69
THE TRIAL OFEL SAYYID NOSAIR 75 THE TRIAL OFLEMRICK NELSON 86 THE JURY
ON ITS OWN 98 ROSENBAUM AND KING 103 CHAPTER FOUR: WOMEN 101 DEFENDING
RAPE BY BLAMING THE VICTIM 108 THE CREDIBILUEY TRIALS OF 1991-92 114 THE
METAPHYSICS OF CONSENT 120 CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES 125 BATTERED WOMEN
STRIKE BACK 132 ABUSE, ABUSE, EVERYWHERE 140 CHAPTER FIVE: THE QUEST FOR
A FAIR TRIAL 149 IMPARTIAELITY 153 TYSON FIGHTSFOR A FAIR TRIAL 155 THE
FIFTH AMENDMENT 158 THE SIXTH AMENDMENT 167 GROUNDING JUSTICE 169
CHAPTER SIX: VICTIMS AT THE CENTER 277 REFORMING THE VERDICT 180 THE
VICTIM SROLEFROM CHARGING TO SENTENCING 188 PLEA-BARGAINING 190 THE
VICTIM AT TRIAL 193 THE VICTIM AT SENTENCING 198 PUNISHMENT AS
SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS 201 CHAPTER SEVEN: JUSTICE BY THE PEOPLE 207
JURIES AND AMERICAN JUSTICE 208 THE IMPLICATIONS OFTHE JURY SYSTEM 223
THE INTEGRITY OFTHE JURY 228 TOWARD AN INTERACTIVE JURY 236 CHAPTER
EIGHT: TEN SOLUTIONS 241 1. THINK OFEVERY CASE AS A NEW POLITICAL TRIAL
242 2. DIVIDE THE VERDICT INTO TWO STAGES 245 3. REALLOCATE THE
VICTIM SPOWERFROM SENTENCING TO PLEA-BARGAINING 247 4. GIVE THE VICTIM A
ROLE AT TRIAL 248 5. ESTABLISH DIVERSE JURIES 250 6. ABOLISH CHANGES
OFVENUE 252 7. ESTABLISH AN INTERACTIVE JURY 253 8. PSYCHIATRIE EXPERTS
SHOULD NOT TESTIFY ABOUT ISSUES OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY 254 9. EXPERTS
IN POLICE-BRUTALITY CASES SHOULD NOT TESTIFY ABOUT DEPARTMENTAL POLICY
255 10. TOWARD COMMUNITARIAN PUNISHMENT 256 TIMELINE 259 NOTES 273
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 289 INDEX 291
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| spelling | Fletcher, George P. Verfasser aut With justice for some victims' rights in criminal trials George P. Fletcher Reading, Mass. [u.a.] Addison-Wesley 1995 XI, 304 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier On November 27, 1978, councilman Dan White bypassed the San Francisco City Hall security systems by crawling through a basement window with a loaded .38. By the time he left City Hall that day, Mayor George Moscone and openly homosexual councilman Harvey Milk had been shot dead - point blank. Convicted of manslaughter, not first degree murder, Dan White and the infamous "Twinkie defense" entered the legal vocabulary. The Harvey Milk case also, more ominously, was the beginning of a trend in criminal trials that has led to such disturbing verdicts as those in the recent Lorena Bobbitt, Rodney King, and Menendez brothers trials With Justice for Some: Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials, a ground-breaking book by renowned legal scholar George P. Fletcher, is the first effort to examine the new political trial. In the high-profile, politicized trials of the 1990s, punishment becomes a means of self-vindication for disenfranchised groups who identify with the victims. Criminal trials have become the focal points for activist groups who have suffered in the palace of justice, and who now take their grievances to the street. Gay men stream out of the Castro and riot after the unexpected manslaughter verdict in the slaying of Harvey Milk. Blacks and Hispanics rebel in Los Angeles after the first Rodney King verdict, leaving South-Central L.A. in ruins. Hasidic Jews march and scream their bitter disappointment after the surprise acquittals in trials for the murders of Meir Kahane and Yankel Rosenbaum. Feminists fill the streets to "take back the night" and toughen our laws against rape With his insightful, angry critique, George Fletcher confronts the flaws in America's system of criminal prosecution. He explains exactly how such miscarriages of justice have become endemic. The primary function of today's criminal trials, Fletcher argues, is no longer to determine guilt and to condemn evil. It is rather to understand the mind of the criminal, to camouflage the crime as less heinous and less deserving of punishment. Under the influence of psychiatric experts, criminal evil becomes "deviant behavior." Cold-blooded murderers are treated as abused children. Blaming the victim, defense lawyers picture Rodney King as "in control" of his beating and claim that Yankel Rosenbaum "sacrificed himself." Judges have lost control over their courtrooms, giving lawyers free reign to divert jurors from the facts with outlandish theories that portray their clients as the supposed victims Femmes, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Homosexuels, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Juifs, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Minderheden gtt Noirs américains, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Procédure pénale - États-Unis Rechtsbescherming gtt Slachtoffers gtt Strafprocessen gtt Victimes d'actes criminels - Droit - États-Unis Victimologie gtt Frau Juden Schwarze. USA African Americans Crimes against Criminal procedure United States Gays Crimes against United States Jews Crimes against United States Victims of crimes Legal status, laws, etc. United States Women Crimes against United States Strafverfahren (DE-588)4116634-6 gnd rswk-swf Viktimologie (DE-588)4078906-8 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Strafverfahren (DE-588)4116634-6 s Viktimologie (DE-588)4078906-8 s DE-604 GBV Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=006836257&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Fletcher, George P. With justice for some victims' rights in criminal trials Femmes, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Homosexuels, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Juifs, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Minderheden gtt Noirs américains, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Procédure pénale - États-Unis Rechtsbescherming gtt Slachtoffers gtt Strafprocessen gtt Victimes d'actes criminels - Droit - États-Unis Victimologie gtt Frau Juden Schwarze. USA African Americans Crimes against Criminal procedure United States Gays Crimes against United States Jews Crimes against United States Victims of crimes Legal status, laws, etc. United States Women Crimes against United States Strafverfahren (DE-588)4116634-6 gnd Viktimologie (DE-588)4078906-8 gnd |
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| title_auth | With justice for some victims' rights in criminal trials |
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| title_full | With justice for some victims' rights in criminal trials George P. Fletcher |
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| title_short | With justice for some |
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| topic | Femmes, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Homosexuels, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Juifs, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Minderheden gtt Noirs américains, Crimes contre les - États-Unis Procédure pénale - États-Unis Rechtsbescherming gtt Slachtoffers gtt Strafprocessen gtt Victimes d'actes criminels - Droit - États-Unis Victimologie gtt Frau Juden Schwarze. USA African Americans Crimes against Criminal procedure United States Gays Crimes against United States Jews Crimes against United States Victims of crimes Legal status, laws, etc. United States Women Crimes against United States Strafverfahren (DE-588)4116634-6 gnd Viktimologie (DE-588)4078906-8 gnd |
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