"I'm sorry for what I've done" : the language of courtroom apologies /
Gruber, M. Catherine,1967-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-236) and index.
Introduction -- Apologies and courtroom apologies -- The context of federal sentencing hearings -- What defendants say in response to their offenses -- Defendants talk about the past, the future, and the present: mitigation, future behavior, and the sentence -- Broad features of defendants' allocutions -- Conclusions.
Defense (Criminal procedure)
Confession (Law)
Extenuating circumstances
Apologizing
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
English language