"I'm sorry for what I've done" : the language of courtroom apologies
Gruber, M. CatherineAuthor
Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2014).
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
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S.
Defendants courtroom apologies