The Lazier Murder

The Lazier Murder
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781442693449
ISBN-13 : 1442693444
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Book Synopsis The Lazier Murder by : Robert J. Sharpe

Download or read book The Lazier Murder written by Robert J. Sharpe and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them — Joseph Thomset and David Lowder — were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent — even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows. The Lazier Murder explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. The Lazier Murder provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.


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