| Contents |
Prologue : the funeral -- Isidore mortem -- Demon boy prosecutor -- A dream come true -- At home on the bench and Park Avenue -- The trial of the century -- Worse than murder -- Immortality -- Beaten by the Harvards -- Apalachin and The Little Rock of the North -- Elevation and descent -- The forgotten man -- Hippieland -- The most cherished tenet -- Annus horribilis -- Some form of justice -- Keep the beacon burning -- Epilogue : "I can't believe I'm going to die". |
| Abstract |
"The first biography of the federal judge Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-92). Kaufman presided over the atomic espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951 and sentenced them to death. The book also examines Kaufman's rise from poverty, his work as a celebrated prosecutor, his landmark opinions expanding civil liberties, and his often tragic personal life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Siegel, Martin J., 1966- Judgment and mercy Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501768521 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022034160 |
| ISBN | 9781501768545 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781501768538 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
