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Courts and Criminals

Name: Courts and Criminals
Author: Arthur Cheney Train

Arthur Cheney Train

Read by Sarah Clark, Helen, George Banfield, Penny Witt, Verla Viera, vocollete, Avanos, Anakris743 and jwit · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Pleasant Fiction of the Presumption of Innocence (37:27)
Preparing a Criminal Case for Trial (41:10)
Sensationalism and Jury Trials (22:27)
Why Do Men Kill? (40:34)
Detectives and Others (35:12)
Detectives Who Detect (50:12)
Women in the Courts (39:25)
Tricks of the Trade (54:38)
What Fosters Crime (38:34)
Insanity and the Law (40:17)
The Mala Vita in America (54:00)