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Photo, Print, Drawing [The Robert Chambers trial jury listening to a court reporter reading the transcript of the trial]

[ digital file from original drawing ]

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About this Item

Title

  • [The Robert Chambers trial jury listening to a court reporter reading the transcript of the trial]

Names

  • Church, Marilyn, artist

Created / Published

  • [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1988 March]

Headings

  • -  Chambers, Robert Emmet,--1966---Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Judicial proceedings--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Juries--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Court reporters--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Reading--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Homicides--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Murderers--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Courtrooms--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990

Format Headings

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1980-1990.
  • Drawings--Color--1980-1990.

Genre

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1980-1990
  • Drawings--Color--1980-1990

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Jury Troubled During Robert Chambers Trial. Nicknamed the "Preppy Killer," even though his mother, a private-duty nurse worked extra shifts to send him to the best private schools, Robert Chambers choked Jennifer Levin to death in Central Park on August 26, 1986. During the course of deliberations, the jury returned to the courtroom several times to hear the court reporter re-read points of testimony to aid in their decision. On March 26, 1988, fearful of a mistrial, the prosecuting attorney, Linda Fairstein, called for a lesser charge, to which Chambers agreed. He committed enough infractions in prison to serve his entire fifteen-year sentence until his release in 2003. He is back in prison serving a nineteen-year sentence on an unrelated drug charge.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  While deliberating the fate of Robert Chambers, the "Preppy Killer", accused of murdering Jennifer Levin in Central Park on August 26, 1986, the jury requested that the court reporter re-read the testimony. On March 25, 1988, the prosecuting attorney, Linda Fairstein, fearful of a mistrial, called for a lesser charge, to which Chambers agreed.
  • -  Forms part of: Marilyn Church collection of courtroom art.
  • -  Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017.

Medium

  • 1 drawing on white paper : watercolor and porous point pen over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 38.1 x 50 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14050-397, no. 14 [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 51010 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51010

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016652898

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-51010 (digital file from original drawing)

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Marilyn Church Rights and Restrictions Information," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/653_chur.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-51010 (digital file from original drawing)
  • Call Number: LOT 14050-397, no. 14 [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. The Robert Chambers trial jury listening to a court reporter reading the transcript of the trial. New York, 1988. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, March] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652898/.

APA citation style:

Church, M. (1988) The Robert Chambers trial jury listening to a court reporter reading the transcript of the trial. New York, 1988. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, March] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652898/.

MLA citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. The Robert Chambers trial jury listening to a court reporter reading the transcript of the trial. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, March] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016652898/>.