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The Meaning Of Life (Or Limb): An Originalist Proposal For Double Jeopardy Reform, Justin W. Curtin May 2007

The Meaning Of Life (Or Limb): An Originalist Proposal For Double Jeopardy Reform, Justin W. Curtin

University of Richmond Law Review

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Thoughts On Professor Crump's Comparison Of Traditional American Homicide Law And The Model Penal Code, Neil P. Cohen Jan 2007

Thoughts On Professor Crump's Comparison Of Traditional American Homicide Law And The Model Penal Code, Neil P. Cohen

West Virginia Law Review

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Critiquing Crump: The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Professor Crump's Model Laws Of Homicide, Arnold H. Loewy Jan 2007

Critiquing Crump: The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Professor Crump's Model Laws Of Homicide, Arnold H. Loewy

West Virginia Law Review

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"Murder, Pennsylvania Style": Comparing Traditional American Homicide Law To The Statutes Of Model Penal Code Jurisdictions, David Crump Jan 2007

"Murder, Pennsylvania Style": Comparing Traditional American Homicide Law To The Statutes Of Model Penal Code Jurisdictions, David Crump

West Virginia Law Review

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The Trial Of Lizzie Borden, Douglas O. Linder Jan 2007

The Trial Of Lizzie Borden, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

"Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." Actually the Bordens received only 29 whacks, not the 81 suggested by the famous ditty, but the popularity of the poem is a testament to the public's fascination with the 1893 murder trial of Lizzie Borden. The source of that fascination might lie in the almost unimaginably brutal nature of the crime - given the sex, background, and age of the defendant - or in the jury's acquittal of Lizzie in the face of prosecution evidence that …


The Sad, Sad Story Of Lula Viers, Richard H. Underwood, Sharon Ray Jan 2007

The Sad, Sad Story Of Lula Viers, Richard H. Underwood, Sharon Ray

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In this article, Professor Richard H. Underwood explores the murder ballad entitled Lula Viers. Lula Viers was from the Appalachia region of Kentucky.