{"product_id":"six-capsules-the-gilded-age-murder-of-helen-potts-paperback","title":"Six Capsules: The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDekle Sr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020 IPPY Awards Silver Medalist\u003c\/strong\u003e, US Northeast Best Regional Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe permanent solution to a wife's chronic headache\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Ted Bundy was to the 20th century, so Carlyle Harris was to the 19th. Harris was a charismatic, handsome young medical student with an insatiable appetite for sex. His trail of debauched women ended with Helen Potts, a beautiful young woman of wealth and privilege who was determined to keep herself pure for marriage. Unable to conquer her by other means, Harris talked her into a secret marriage under assumed names, and when threatened with exposure, he poisoned her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe resulting trial garnered national headlines and launched the careers of two of New York's most famous prosecutors, Francis L. Wellman and William Travers Jerome. It also spurred vigorous debate about Harris's guilt or innocence, the value of circumstantial evidence, the worth of expert testimony, and the advisability of the death penalty. \u003cem\u003eSix Capsules\u003c\/em\u003e traces Harris's crime and his sub-sequent trial and highlights what has been overlooked--the decisive role that the second-class status of women in Victorian Era culture played in this tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Harris case is all but forgotten today, but \u003cem\u003eSix Capsules \u003c\/em\u003eseeks to recover this important milestone in American legal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge R. Dekle Sr.\u003c\/strong\u003e served as a legal skills professor at the University of Florida, where he directed the Prosecution Clinic. His most recent book, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Defender: The Murder Trials of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/em\u003e, won a Superior Achievement Award for Scholarship from the Illinois State Historical Society and Gold Medals for Biography and Politics from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51610241761586,"sku":"9781606353707","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/3wzomJCpSz9781606353707.webp?v=1787136658","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/six-capsules-the-gilded-age-murder-of-helen-potts-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}