Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case
作者: David E. Stannard 著
出版社:Penguin 2006-5-1
简介: In 1931 Hawai‘i, Thalia Massie, the aristocratic wife of anaval officer, accused five nonwhite men of gang rape. When thetrial ended in a hung jury, Thalia’s mother arranged for one of thesuspects to be murdered—an act sanctioned by sympathetic whites asan "honor killing." The ensuing murder trial, Clarence Darrow’slast, enthralled the nation and exposed the shocking realities of aHawaiian "paradise." This is the riveting story behind one of thepivotal scandals of American history.