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020			_a9781538181294 _qhardcover
020			_a1538181290 _qhardcover
020			_z9781538181300 _qelectronic publication
035			_a(OCoLC)1407032866
050	0	0	_aKF224.N69 _bO94 2024
082	0	0	_a364.152/3092 _223/eng/20231031
100	1		_aOvermyer, James E., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe electrocution of Baby Lawrence : _ba murder that shook a New England town / _cJames E. Overmyer.
264		1	_aLanham, Maryland : _bRowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., _c[2024]
300			_axv, 301 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tA little tragedy in Pittsfield -- _tNoxon under arrest -- _tThe trial begins -- _tThe case against Noxon -- _tTry, again -- _tNoxon's defense -- _tIn the jury's hands -- _tOn, to the statehouse -- _tA free man.
520			_a"Was it a 'mercy killing?' Was it an accident? Was it murder? Read the full account of the death of baby Lawrence Noxon and subsequent arrest, trial, and conviction that divided a 1940s small town. With no witnesses and destroyed evidence, questions still surround the mysterious death of baby Lawrence Noxon. This the account of the 1940s murder case, arrest, trial, and conviction of John Noxon as well as a story of changing city and state. It's not every day that a prominent citizen, a highly successful lawyer, no less, is arrested for murder. The case itself drew in newspaper readers from coast to coast, and Lawrence's death was often characterized as a 'mercy killing,' at a time when euthanasia societies were publicly advocating for the selection out of mental defectives from American society. Noxon consistently maintained the electrocution was accidental, although admittedly due to his own negligence but the prosecution was pushing for the death penalty. Based on scientific, or forensic evidence, they recreated some of the lost evidence and called upon university medical faculty, chemists, and electrical engineers to show the death could not have been an accident. The defense, of course, had its own cadre of witnesses from those disciplines to testify just the opposite. Despite the complicated technicalities of the evidence, the jury deliberated only about five hours before finding Noxon guilty of first-degree murder, which, at the time carried an automatic death penalty." -- _cDescription provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aNoxon, John F., _cJr. _q(John Franklin), _d1896-1972.
650		0	_aTrials (Murder) _zMassachusetts.
600	1	0	_aNoxon, Lawrence Swift.
650		0	_aSentences (Criminal procedure) _zMassachusetts.
650		0	_aParole _zMassachusetts.
610	2	0	_aMassachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.)
650		6	_a _zMassachusetts.
650		6	_a _zMassachusetts.
650		6	_a _zMassachusetts.
610	2	7	_aMassachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.) _2fast
650		7	_aParole _2fast
650		7	_aSentences (Criminal procedure) _2fast
650		7	_aTrials (Murder) _2fast
651		7	_aMassachusetts _2fast _1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXhqWY9tQdd4wPBQPWjC
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aOvermyer, James E. _tElectrocution of baby lawrence _dLanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024 _z9781538181300 _w(DLC) 2023050273
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