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by F. Murray Greenwood; Beverley Boissery


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In 1754 Eleanor Powers was hung for a murder committed during a botched robbery. She was the first woman condemned to die in Canada, but would not be the last.

In Uncertain Justice, Beverley Boissery and Murray Greenwood portray a cast of women characters almost as often wronged by the law as they have wronged society. Starting with the Powers trial and continuing to the not-too-distant past, the authors expose the patriarchal values that lie at the core of criminal law, and the class and gender biases that permeate its procedures and applications.

The writing style is similar to that of a popular mystery: "Harriet Henry lay dead. Horribly and indubitably. Her body sprawled against the bed, the head twisted at a grotesque angle. Foam engulfed the grinning mouth." Scholarly analysis combines with the narrative to make Uncertain Justice a fascinating and engaging read.

There is a wealth of information about the emerging and evolving legal system and profession, the state of forensic science, the roles of juries, and the political turmoil and growing resistance to a purely class-based aristocratic form of government.

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  • Title Uncertain Justice: Canadian Women and Capital Punishment, 1754-1953
  • Author F. Murray Greenwood; Beverley Boissery
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Date 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781550023442 / 1550023446
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.73 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Capital punishment - Canada - History, Peine de mort - Canada - Histoire
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00456995
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.660

About the author

Dr. F. Murray Greenwood, a Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus (UBC), is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the acclaimed monograph Legacies of Fear. He is the co-editor of the Canadian State Trials Project and is married to Dr. Beverley Boissery, author of A Deep Sense of Wrong (Dundurn Press, 1995). They currently enjoy life at Crescent Beach, B.C.

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