The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice

by Scott D. Seligman

Book Overview

2019 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner (Gold) in U.S. History

If you've ever seen an episode of Law and Order, you can probably recite your Miranda rights by heart. But you likely don't know that these rights had their roots in the case of a young Chinese man accused of murdering three diplomats in Washington DC in 1919. A frantic search for clues and dogged interrogations by gumshoes erupted in sensational news and editorial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612349943
• ISBN13: 9781612349947
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.5"