{"product_id":"9781442693449","title":"The Lazier Murder: Prince Edward County, 1884","description":"In 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155104612592,"sku":"9781442693449","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442693449_p0.jpg?v=1763812088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442693449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}