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The Family Capital Of Capital Families: Investigating Empathic Connections Between Jurors And Defendants' Families In Death Penalty Cases, Jody L. Madeira Jan 2011

The Family Capital Of Capital Families: Investigating Empathic Connections Between Jurors And Defendants' Families In Death Penalty Cases, Jody L. Madeira

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When It's So Hard To Relate: Can The Legal System Mitigate The Trauma Of Victim-Offender Relationships?, Jody L. Madeira Jan 2009

When It's So Hard To Relate: Can The Legal System Mitigate The Trauma Of Victim-Offender Relationships?, Jody L. Madeira

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This article argues that, in the aftermath of violent crime, a relationship that is both negative and involuntary can form between crime victims and offenders. This relationship fetters the victim to the crime and the criminal, rendering it difficult to recover from the transgression. To illustrate how such a relationship may form and what consequences it may have for victims, this article uses the Oklahoma City bombing as a case study, documenting through the use of original interviews an involuntary relationship in which victims' family members and survivors perceived they were tethered to Timothy McVeigh. This perceived relationship with McVeigh …


The Executioners Sing, Joseph L. Hoffmann Jan 1995

The Executioners Sing, Joseph L. Hoffmann

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Book Review. Star Wormwood By Curtis Bok, Paul D. Carrington Jan 1960

Book Review. Star Wormwood By Curtis Bok, Paul D. Carrington

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Book Review. The Case Of Sacco And Vanzetti By Felix Frankfurter, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1927

Book Review. The Case Of Sacco And Vanzetti By Felix Frankfurter, Fowler V. Harper

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