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Furman v. Georgia: The Death Penalty Case

D. J. Herda is a master storyteller who makes no bones about it.  The battle of the century wasn't fought on the battlefields of Dunkirk, Iraq, or Afghanistan but rather in the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D. C.  That's where U.S. attorneys for the State of Georgia went to battle with the attorneys for the ACLU representing a black man who had been tried and found guilty of committing murder and subsequently sentenced to death. 

You'll become part of the riveting courtroom drama, an eyewitness to the war of one man's fight for his very life as the documentary plays out before you...right on down to its shocking conclusion.  It's like living history all over again.  Supercharged! - Don Bacue, Editor-in-Chief, Universal Features Syndicate

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These ...well-organized series entries summarize famous Supreme Court cases in understandable, clearly written texts.  Each chronological narrative provides background information, the case itself, and the long-ranging impact it has had on our society.  The books simplify the complicated proceedings so that students with no prior knowledge of them can follow the decisions.  Unfamiliar terminology is explained in context; glossaries of legal terms are helpful, as well.  [D. J. Herda presents] both sides of each case fairly.  Good-quality, black-and-white photographs of key players bring life to the texts.  Worthwhile additions as adjuncts to social-studies units and as resources for reports. -Sandra L. Doggett, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD

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