A Crime of Self-Defense Bernhard Goetz and the Law on Trial |
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| Author:
| Fletcher, George P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-25334-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1990 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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The popular press dubbed him "the subway vigilante": Bernhard Goetz, who on December 22, 1984, shot four black youths on a New York subway train when one of them asked for five dollars. Goetz claimed to have fired in self-defense, out of fear that the young men were about to rob him.
The popular press dubbed him "the subway vigilante": Bernhard Goetz, who on December 22, 1984, shot four black youths on a New York subway train when one of them asked for five dollars. Goetz claimed to have fired in self-defense, out of fear that the young men were about to rob him.