By
Mani Dabiri
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Published
September 29, 2015
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Posted in
Federal and State Criminal Defense, Government Subpoenas and Investigations
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Tagged
Tags: billofrights, dueprocess, falseconfessions, fifthamendment, history, innocenceprojects, pleabargaining, sixthamendment, witnesses
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To appreciate due process, consider the story of a simple man named George Spencer who was accused, of all things, of impregnating a pig in puritan New England. His story takes place in 1642, and it’s excerpted from the book, The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity: Trials from New Haven Colony, 1639-1663, by Jon C. Blue, a Superior Read More
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