Called to Justice The Life of a Federal Trial Judge |
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| Author:
| Urbom, Warren K. |
| Foreword by:
| Riley, William Jay |
| Series title: | Law in the American West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3983-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.80 |
Book Description:
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Early in his judicial career, US District Judge Warren K. Urbom was assigned a yearlong string of criminal trials arising from a seventy-one-day armed standoff between the American Indian Movement and federal law enforcement at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. In Called to Justice Urbom provides the first behind-the-scenes look at what quickly became one of the most significant series of federal trials of the twentieth century.
Early in his judicial career, US District Judge Warren K. Urbom was assigned a yearlong string of criminal trials arising from a seventy-one-day armed standoff between the American Indian Movement and federal law enforcement at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. In Called to Justice Urbom provides the first behind-the-scenes look at what quickly became one of the most significant series of federal trials of the twentieth century.