{"product_id":"a-scottsboro-case-in-mississippi-richard-c-cortner-9781578068159","title":"A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown V. Mississippi","description":"This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture to the murder of a white planter. This case, similar to the notorious \"Scottsboro\" case in Alabama, paved the way for the controversial MIRANDA decision thirty years later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents a dramatic story of both tragedy and triumph, one in which human nature is revealed at its best and at its worst, with courage, decency, and self-sacrifice contrasting sharply with bigotry, brutality, and indifference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, however, \u003ci\u003eA \"Scottsboro\" Case in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of how the Supreme Court came to make a precedent-setting decision enhancing the protection of liberty under the Constitution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard C. Cortner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578068150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578068159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d","brand":"Richard C. Cortner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927869804799,"sku":"9781578068159","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6ed6477-a350-4408-a60d-c69319aa482f.jpg?v=1749373222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-scottsboro-case-in-mississippi-richard-c-cortner-9781578068159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}