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The A6 Murder: Regina v. James Hanratty, The Semblance of Truth

01 January 1991

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The A6 Murder: Regina v. James Hanratty, The Semblance of Truth
libdoc November=1993

Author: Blom-Cooper, Louis
Publisher: Penguin, 1963
Keywords: Law Hanratty capital punishment

Contents:
A classical demonstration of the strengths and weaknesses of the
English criminal system: the publicity at magistrates' proceedings,
the publication of Identi-kits, the prejudicial nature of the
opening speech for the Crown, the total exclusion of hearsay evidence
- all these and many other issues of public importance were spotlit
by the prosecution of Hanratty and are here examined by the legal
correspondent of the Observer.

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