Murder and Madness on Trial John W. Burdan or defies - has a

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He draws a clear line from the lynchings of the Jim Crow era to the contemporary acceptance of the death penalty and the problem of mass incarceration today

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reflects on the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope and the dogfish heart that continued to beat while held in the palm of her hand

with contributions from practitioners in dramatherapy

Murder and Madness on Trial John W. Burdan or defies - has aOn October 24, 1588, Paolo Barbieri murdered his wife, Isabella Caccianemici, stabbing her to death with his sword. Later, Pablo would claim to have acted in a fit of madness but was he criminally insane or merely pretending to be? In this riveting book, Monica Calabritto addresses this controversy by reconstructing Paolo's life, prosecution, and medical diagnoses. Skillfully combining archival documents unearthed throughout Italy, Calabritto brings