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Effigy - Images of Capital Defendants (Paperback)
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Effigy - Images of Capital Defendants (Paperback)
Series: Issues in Crime and Justice
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Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the
defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty
phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these
images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to
reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as
a verdict. These images are starkly contrasted against the backdrop
of a brutal murder in which the stereotypes of American fear are
realized: Donta Page, the defendant, is an African-American male
from a low-income segment of society while Peyton Tuthill, the
victim, was a Caucasian female from a middle-income suburb. The
prosecuting attorneys depict the defendant as a 'savage beast, '
juxtaposing their image against that of a 'troubled youth' as Page
is portrayed by the defense attorneys. Slowly and methodically
developed as figures with diametrically opposed features, none of
which overlap or congeal, both the images are portrayed as real
(buttressed by the testimony of witnesses) rather than constructed.
The jury is expected to render a verdict that accepts one and
rejects the other: there is no middle ground.
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