Justice in the age of judgment : from Amanda Knox to Kyle Rittenhouse and the battle for due process in the digital age
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
364.254/BREMNER,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 364.254/BREMNER,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing Company, [2022]
DESCRIPTION

viii, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781510751361, 151075136X :, 151075136X, 9781510751361
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Taking the case -- the trial of a lifetime -- You, the jury -- First impressions are lasting -- The tragic tale of Frances Farmer -- Betty Broderick: a wife scorned -- The West Memphis Three -- O.J.: Sprinting to acquittal in court and on TV -- The criminal passions of Mary Kay Letourneau -- Scott Peterson: If looks could kill -- Michael Jackson: Welcome to Neverland -- The Duke Lacrosse debacle -- Amanda Knox in the court of public opinion -- DNA, O.J., and the wrong lessons learned -- Susan Cox Powell: Into the wild -- The mysterious case of Rebecca Zahau: Proving police wrong -- The barefoot bandit: A criminal gets ahead of the media game -- Tot Mom: dancing with the devil -- Trump, Amanda, and America first -- DNA evidence falls apart in Amanda's case -- Don't just believe women (or anyone else) -- Exonerated -- Justice delayed for Susan Cox Powell --Ahmaud Arbery: "There's a black man running down the street" -- "I can't breathe": The death of George Floyd -- Justice achieved for Susan Cox Powell -- Kyle Rittenhouse -- Justice for George Floyd -- Two different jury trials, two different outcomes -- Justice, even in the Age of Judgment

"When unscrupulous Italian prosecutors waged an all-out war in the media and courtroom to wrongly convict American exchange student Amanda Knox for a murder she didn't commit, family and friends turned to renowned Seattle attorney and media legal analyst Anne Bremner to help win her freedom. The case was dubbed the "trial of the decade" and would coincide with the explosion of social media and a new era of trying cases in public as much as the courtroom. While Italian prosecutors, the press, and online lynch mobs convicted Knox in the court of public opinion, Bremner would draw upon her decades in the courtroom and in front of the camera to turn the tide with a new kind of defense in pursuit of justice. In Justice in the Age of Judgment, Anne Bremner and Doug Bremner take us inside some of the biggest cases of recent times and offer their expert, thought-provoking insights and analysis as our legal system faces unprecedented forces fighting to tip the scales of justice their way. Why couldn't prosecutors convict O.J. Simpson despite all of the evidence seemingly proving he killed his wife Nicole? Could a jury remain unbiased in the face of overwhelming public pressure in the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd? Why was Kyle Rittenhouse exonerated after shooting three people (killing two) with an assault rifle at a violent rally despite widespread media reports seemingly proving his guilt, and national calls for his conviction? Justice in the Age of Judgment is an unparalleled and unflinching look at the captivating cases tried on Twitter and TV, where the burden of proof and fundamental legal tenet of "innocent until proven guilty" is under assault from the court of public opinion." --Amazon

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