The Hanging Judge

Author : Michael Ponsor
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480441903

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The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor Pdf

From the author of The One-Eyed Judge: A New York Times–bestselling novel about a federal death penalty trial from the perspective of the presiding judge. When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so he can seek a death sentence. The Honorable David S. Norcross, a federal judge with only two years on the bench, now presides over the first death penalty case in the state in decades. He must referee the clash between an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney in a high-stress environment of community outrage, media pressure, vengeful gang members, and a romantic entanglement that threatens to capsize his trial—not to mention the most dangerous force of all: the unexpected. Written by judge Michael Ponsor, who presided over Massachusetts’s first capital case in over fifty years, The Hanging Judge explores the controversial issue of capital punishment in a dramatic and thought-provoking way that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It is “a crackling court procedural” (Anita Shreve) and “gripping legal thriller” (Booklist) perfect for fans of Scott Turow.

Author : Elmer Kelton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429912877

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Hanging Judge by Elmer Kelton Pdf

Elmer Kelton, voted "The Greatest Western Writer of All Time" by the Western Writers of America, is a legend in the field of Western literature. Famous for his realistic characters and accurate depictions of the history of his home state of Texas, Elmer Kelton continues to write exceptional novels of American history. In Hanging Judge, Justin Moffitt is eager to help keep the peace as a deputy marshal in small-town Texas. That is, until Justin is assigned to the wrong marshal-a "hanging judge" who is as famous for his ruthlessness as he is for his commitment to justice. When Justin's boss hangs a controversial criminal, Justin must defend himself against an army of friends and relatives, desperate for revenge. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Stanley Crouch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015015166583

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Notes of a Hanging Judge by Stanley Crouch Pdf

Stanley Crouch, the rarely acknowledged but epic nature of the Afro-American experience offers one of the most revealing paths through the spiritual and intellectual thickets of our time, exposing us to ourselves as often through art as through politics. In Notes of a Hanging Judge, Crouch portrays this century as an "Age of Redefinition" for the United States and identifies the Civil Rights Movement as one of its richest metaphors. Crouch explores the movement from all sides--its epochal triumphs and the forces that have nearly destroyed it, its great political and artistic success stories and the crime culture it has been powerless to prevent or to control--and traces its complex and ambivalent interactions with the feminist and gay dissent that followed its example. Balancing the passionate involvement of an insider with a reporter's open-minded rigor, and using a virtuosic prose style, Crouch offers uniquely insightful accounts of familiar public issues--black middle-class life, the Bernhard Goetz case, black homosexuals, the career of Louis Farrakhan--that throw fresh light on the position of Afro-Americans in the contemporary world. Even more revealing are Crouch's accounts of his travels, focusing on his perceptions as a black man, that put places as diverse as Atlanta and Africa, or Mississippi and Italy, in unique new perspectives. Perhaps most powerful of all are Crouch's profiles of black leaders ranging from Maynard, to Michael, to Jesse Jackson. Crouch's stern evaluations are sure to be controversial, especially his vision of the Civil Rights Movement as a noble cause "gone loco," mired in self-defeating ethnic nationalism and condescending self-regard, and conspicuously lacking in the spiritual majesty that ensured its great political victories. His discussions of artistic figures, including extended critiques of Toni Morrison and Spike Lee, will also incite much debate. Taken together, these essays represent a major reinterpretation of black, and therefore American, culture in our time, and should be read by anyone who is serious about either.

Author : Michael A. Ponsor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 1575897709

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Author : Michael Ponsor
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480441934

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The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor Pdf

From the author of The One-Eyed Judge: A New York Times–bestselling novel about a federal death penalty trial from the perspective of the presiding judge. When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so he can seek a death sentence. The Honorable David S. Norcross, a federal judge with only two years on the bench, now presides over the first death penalty case in the state in decades. He must referee the clash between an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney in a high-stress environment of community outrage, media pressure, vengeful gang members, and a romantic entanglement that threatens to capsize his trial—not to mention the most dangerous force of all: the unexpected. Written by judge Michael Ponsor, who presided over Massachusetts’s first capital case in over fifty years, The Hanging Judge explores the controversial issue of capital punishment in a dramatic and thought-provoking way that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It is “a crackling court procedural” (Anita Shreve) and “gripping legal thriller” (Booklist) perfect for fans of Scott Turow.

Author : Lou Cameron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1036976924

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Stringer and the Hanging Judge by Lou Cameron Pdf

Author : Robert Milne-Tyte
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044259708

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Bloody Jeffreys by Robert Milne-Tyte Pdf

Author : J.R. Roberts
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612324791

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The Hanging Judge by J.R. Roberts Pdf

Author : Ninie Hammon
Publisher : Sterling & Stone LLC
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Hanging Judge by Ninie Hammon Pdf

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the fourth book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in The Hanging Judge — a story that will have you looking over your shoulder at every tiny sound. Recently-reunited childhood friends Charlie, Sam, and Malachi have come to a startling conclusion: whatever the Jabberwock is, it "wants to play" with them -- and it's imprisoned the whole county to make sure the trio won't abandon it. Meanwhile, Viola Tackett has murdered the only law enforcement officer in the county, and she's staging a kangaroo court to solidify her authority as residents vanish, one by one. Can Charlie, Sam, and Malachi survive Viola long enough to defeat The Jabberwock and return their town to the rest of the world? ★★★★★ "If you’ve been reading this amazing series, you probably knew it couldn’t get any more intense or complex. Well, The Hanging Judge reaches down your throat and grips your gut with an iron fist and doesn't let go, even when you reach "The End"." -- Kate Hickey ★★★★★ "Each book that I read in the Jabberwock series leaves me wanting more as every book ends. The suspense has my heart beating faster, the descriptive prose makes me feel as if I’m part of the story and the plight of each character infuses me with an unhealthy dose of angst. But I read on, yearning for more of the story as I wait for the next book." -- Lynn Geth ★★★★★ "This story. Stick a fork in me, 'cause I think I'm 'bout done. This tale isn't so much scary as...creepy. Haunting. The crawl-under-your-skin-and-lay-eggs-there menacing that just won't let loose. Yep. That kind of petrifying." -- Kentucky Bohemian ★★★★★ "The fourth book in Ninie Hammon's Nowhere USA series, hits the ground running, and doesn't slacken the pace until the last page, where it leaves you champing at the bit for the next installment." -- M. Durston The Hanging Judge is the fourth book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere. Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere USA.

Author : Roger Harold Tuller
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806133066

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"Let No Guilty Man Escape" by Roger Harold Tuller Pdf

""Let No Guilty Man Escape," the first new Parker biography in four decades, corrects this simplistic image by presenting Parker's unique brand of frontier justice within the legal and political context of his time. Using primary documents from the National Archives, Missouri court records, and other sources not included by previous biographers, Roger H. Tuller demonstrates that Parker was an ambitious attorney who used the law to advance his own career. Parker rose from a frontier Missouri lawyer to become a congressional representative, and when Reconstructionist-era politics denied him continued progress, he sought the judicial appointment for which he is most remembered."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : J. R. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2020417305

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Author : Lou Cameron
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620641507

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Stringer and the Hanging Judge by Lou Cameron Pdf

They say Judge Roy Bean has been up to some legal tomfoolery again. And it's MacKail's job to get the scoop on the infamous "hanging judge." But someone is out to stop Stringer—dead. Now it could be old Bean and some of his boys. Or maybe it's just another Lone Star gunslick with too much nerve and too little smarts. The only thing MacKail knows for sure is that newspaper men ain't welcome, especially not around Bean or his laughing pack of blood-simple coyotes. The only person who even says howdy is a south-of-the-border bandit about to turn revolutionary. But with Pancho Villa on your side, you don't need any enemies.

Author : Fred Harvey Harrington
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806128399

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Hanging Judge by Fred Harvey Harrington Pdf

Isaac C. Parker, the stern U.S. judge for Indian Territory from 1875 to 1896, brought law and order to a lawless frontier region. He held court in the border city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, but his jurisdiction extended over the Indian tribal lands to the west. Pressing juries for convictions, Parker sent seventy-nine convicted criminals to the gallows - as many as six at a time. More often than not, however, he passed sentences on thousands of liquor dealers, rapists, and cattle and horse thieves - even throwing Belle Starr in the penitentiary for stealing a horse from a crippled boy. Credit is due to this "hanging judge" and the men who rode for Parker and restored order - two hundred deputy marshals, sixty-five of whom died in the line of duty. This new edition includes a foreword by Larry D. Ball, who situates Parker's court within the context of unrest and rising crime in Indian Territory.

Author : Lyle Brandt
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425231070

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Hanging Judge by Lyle Brandt Pdf

When the hanging judge is assassinated right before an execution and a prisoner escapes, U.S. Marshal Jack Slade finds a clue to the identity of the culprit which leads him to the town of Last Resort where he comes face-to-face with the son of Dixie. Original.

Author : Michael J. Brodhead
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806135271

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Isaac C. Parker by Michael J. Brodhead Pdf

The legend of "hanging judge" Isaac C. Parker is re-examined, looking past his penchant for executions to reveal the true legacy of his tenure as U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and nearby Indian Territory. (Biography)