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Judgment and mercy : the turbulent life and times of the judge who condemned the Rosenbergs / Martin J. Siegel.
Van Pelt Library KF373.K397 S54 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegel, Martin J., 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kaufman, Irving R. (Irving Robert), 1910-1992.
- Kaufman, Irving R.
- Judges--United States--Biography.
- Judges.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The first biography of the federal judge Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-92). Kaufman presided over the atomic espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951 and sentenced them to death. The book also examines Kaufman's rise from poverty, his work as a celebrated prosecutor, his landmark opinions expanding civil liberties, and his often tragic personal life"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Funeral
- Isidore Mortem
- Demon Boy Prosecutor
- A Dream Come True
- At Home on the Bench and Park Avenue
- The Trial of the Century
- Worse than Murder
- Immortality
- Beaten by the Harvards
- Apalachin and The Little Rock of the North
- Elevation and Descent
- The Forgotten Man
- Hippieland
- The Most Cherished Tenet
- Annus Horribilis
- Some Form of Justice
- Keep the Beacon Burning
- Epilogue: "I Can't Believe I'm Going to Die".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Siegel, Martin J., 1966- Judgment and mercy.
- ISBN:
- 9781501768521
- 1501768522
- OCLC:
- 1323246692
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