Murder and the Reasonable Man : : Passion and Fear in the Criminal Courtroom / / Cynthia Lee.
A man murders his wife after she has admitted her infidelity; another man kills an openly gay teammate after receiving a massage; a third man, white, goes for a jog in a “bad” neighborhood, carrying a pistol, and shoots an African American teenager who had his hands in his pockets. When brought befo...
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