{"product_id":"the-lazier-murder-1","title":"The Lazier Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them — Joseph Thomset and David Lowder — were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent — even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lazier Murder\u003c\/em\u003e explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. \u003cem\u003eThe Lazier Murder\u003c\/em\u003e provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Robert J. Sharpe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576641847478,"sku":"9781442644212","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442644212_26ab73a6-8fe3-43ec-88f0-861e4659d26b.jpg?v=1727458626","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lazier-murder-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}