{"product_id":"the-lazier-murder-9781442615267","title":"The Lazier Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lazier Murder\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Lazier Murder\u003c\/em\u003e provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction  Chapter 2 The Crime  Chapter 3 Hugh McKinnon:  Detective  Chapter 4 A Place Apart  Chapter 5 Coroner's Inquest   Chapter 6   Committal  Proceedings   Chapter 7 Picton Spring  Assizes, 1884  Chapter 8 Surprise Evidence   Chapter 9 The Defence  Chapter 10 Verdict  Chapter 11 Last  Hope  Chapter 12 Pleas for Mercy  Chapter 13 The Day of  Execution Approaches   Chapter 14 Community  Conscience","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535159624023,"sku":"9781442615267","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442615267.jpg?v=1755859506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lazier-murder-9781442615267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}