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JOHN WEBSTER
CHAPTER 7 - READ MORE ABOUT IT
MORE COOL LINKS
- Webster's family received help from a most unlikely source after his trip to the gallows. Dr. Parkman's widow raised funds to help Webster's wife and children.
- A Harvard law student who attended the trial thought the verdict against Webster was wrong. Here's his opinion.
- Some 20th century writers think Judge Shaw went too far in his jury instruction.
READ ABOUT IT
- Schama, Simon. Dead Certainties. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
- Dr. Ed Papenfuse, the State Archivist for Maryland, has created an excellent web site on the Parkman murder.
- PBS’ web site, Murder at Harvard, is also filled with very interesting material about this famous case.
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