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作者: David Fisher
出版者:丑角
国际标准图书编号:9781488095320
类别:个人简介
页面:320
观点:407
看看丹·艾布拉姆斯和大卫·费舍尔的新书《肯尼迪的复仇者:暗杀、阴谋和杰克·鲁比被遗忘的审判》。立即成为《纽约时报》的畅销书!《男爵夫人/林肯奖》《华盛顿独立书评》《2018年最受欢迎的书籍》《悬疑杂志》《2018年最佳书籍》《精神线》《今日美国》《夏季十大热门书籍》“让你感觉好像在看150多年前固定在法庭上的现场摄像机。关于亚伯拉罕·林肯最后一次谋杀案审判的真实故事，这个案件与他本人有很深的关系，在他开始总统竞选时，这件事在全国的报纸上报道了出来。1859年夏末，22岁的皮奇·奎因·哈里森因谋杀罪在伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德受审。亚伯拉罕·林肯在他长达20年的职业生涯中参与了3000多起案件，其中包括超过25起谋杀审判，他被聘请为他辩护。这将是他作为律师的最后一个大案子。这通常是一个本地案件，但却具有重大意义。前一年秋天，林肯与参议员斯蒂芬·道格拉斯的辩论为他赢得了全国的追随者，使这位名不知名、自学成才的律师转变为一位受人尊敬的政治家。1860年，人们敦促他以黑马的身份竞选总统。接这个案子风险很大。 His reputation was untarnished, but should he lose this trial, should Harrison be convicted of murder, the spotlight now focused so brightly on him might be dimmed. He had won his most recent murder trial with a daring and dramatic maneuver that had become a local legend, but another had ended with his client dangling from the end of a rope. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office—and who had bitterly slandered Lincoln as an “infidel…too lacking in faith” to be elected. Lincoln’s Last Trial captures the presidential hopeful’s dramatic courtroom confrontations in vivid detail as he fights for his client—but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, as in this case Lincoln fought a legal battle that remains incredibly relevant today.