The Martinsville Seven: Race, Rape, and Capital Punishment

(Part of the Constitutionalism and Democracy Series)

by Eric W. Rise

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This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the case of the Martinsville Seven, a group of young black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia. Covering every aspect of the proceedings from the commission of the crime through two appeals, Eric W. Rise reexamines common assumptions about the administration of justice in the South. Although the defendants confessed to the crime, racial prejudice undeniably...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813915678

ISBN13:9780813915678

Release Date:May 1995

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Civil Procedure Civil Rights & Liberties Criminology Discrimination & Racism History Judicial System Law Legal History Legal Theory & Systems Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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