"I'm sorry for what I've done" the language of courtroom apologies /

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.

Main Author: Gruber, M. Catherine, 1967-
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Series: Oxford studies in language and law.
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