Author : Ralph Melnick
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 2002
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780826329011
Librarian and historian Melnick (Williston Northampton School, Massachusetts) digs out details of the 1931 rape and murder of a young white woman in the New Mexico town, and the trial and execution of a black man for the crime. He says we can recognize from our own time the political corruption, media-induced hysteria, and moral indifference operating then. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Jeffrey David
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1611392055
A murder trial, a jury deliberating intensely on the death penalty, venal political corruption, and a staunch investigation set the stage for this story of two judges. One is a respected, seasoned veteran of the bench who has risen from Magistrate Court Judge to District Court and then to the Chief Justiceship of the state’s Supreme Court; the other a young Administrative Law Judge, riveted by his duty, immovable and undeterred by enticement or violence, and unwilling to be silenced or swerve him from his sworn oath to uphold the law. Set in the cities and courthouses, the mesas, mountains, and high desert plains of New Mexico, this book drives forward like a charging battle tank, and all these events lead to the prize of a vacant U.S. Senate seat and all the potency and might that goes with it.
Author : Daniel Bailey
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781570722103
New Jersey born television reporter Cassie O'Connor is ambitious. When she arrives on the scene of a fatal shooting of a highway patrol trooper, she finds the killer has already been caught and the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion. But that is until the killer escapes on the very day his trial is to begin.
Author : Patricia Bradley
Publisher : Revell
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493413945
It's Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide Detective Rachel Sloan isn't sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Vic Vegas asks to see her. But when he produces a photo of her murdered mother with four Elvis impersonators--one of whom had also been murdered soon after the photo was taken--she's forced to reevaluate. Is there some connection between the two unsolved cases? And could the recent break-in at Vic's home be tied to his obsession with finding his friend's killer? When yet another person in the photo is murdered, Rachel suddenly has her hands full investigating three cases. Lieutenant Boone Callahan offers his help, but their checkered romantic past threatens to get in the way. Can they solve the cases before the murderer makes Rachel victim number four?
Author : Sandra Lean
Publisher : Ngu Books
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 21,1 MB
Release : 2018-10-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781999617103
A true story of murder, betrayal, injustice and manipulation - and a fifteen year search for the truth. Did a blinkered determination to secure a conviction lead to a grave miscarriage of justice? This book examines the murder of Jodi Jones and the conviction of her boyfriend Luke Mitchell in Scotland in 2003 and asks, Could he be innocent?
Author : DENNIS JAMES HAUT
Publisher : Author House
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1463445458
If the laws are ignored at this lower level of our system of justice I can only imagine what takes place the higher one travels in our system. With the higher courts wasting their time by not holding jurisdiction in any case they review once you have convinced the higher courts to hear your case makes for a total waste of money, time, and real justice. The higher levels of law enforcement all looked the other way in my case even though they fully agreed with me privately. They all tried to pass it on to another agency without enforcing the law and doing their job. Now, maybe the fat lady finally gets to sing and the truth and justice will finally come forward. This is a must read for people who believe education and administration are laid back and boring. You will be surprised at what actually takes place in institutions for your children in both public and private schools existing today in our society. You can now judge for yourself based on the true facts presented in this book.
Author : Robin Swaziek
Publisher :
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2021-11-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781736951309
There is no greater crime than to take a precious life. We are just a Mom and Dad being the voice for our daughter and fighting for justice. We believe any and every parent would want justice in this extraordinary criminal case. We go through life knowing that tragedies occur in the blink of an eye. However, nothing prepares you for "The Call". "The Call" is when you are informed one of your most precious gifts, your child's life has been taken. Anyone who's lost a child knows about "The Call" that begins a nightmare that a person cannot wake up from everything and be OK. "The Call" it will forever change life as you know it. Your heart is broken beyond repair, and from that point on everything is different. You must then put your trust and faith in the Justice System to hold the person responsible and accountable for taking your child's precious life. You believe the Justice System will do the right thing and be the voice for your child. They will administer the criminal laws with the highest level of truth and morals to conduct fair and equal administration of the law to everyone, without corruption, favor, greed, or prejudice for those who practice law and enforce justice. We will never get Megan back, but Megan's legacy will be the exposing of the willful and wonton decisions made by those within the Justice System that resulted in a "30 Month Probation" sentence for taking Megan's precious life. Does that seem like acceptable justice for a perpetrator that accepted a Felony Plea Bargain indicating he caused Megan's death?
Author : James Comey
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1250799139
James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but he’s had a long, varied career in the law and justice system. He knows better than most just what a force for good the US justice system can be, and how far afield it has strayed during the Trump Presidency. In his much-anticipated follow-up to A Higher Loyalty, Comey uses anecdotes and lessons from his career to show how the federal justice system works. From prosecuting mobsters as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York in the 1980s to grappling with the legalities of anti-terrorism work as the Deputy Attorney General in the early 2000s to, of course, his tumultuous stint as FBI director beginning in 2013, Comey shows just how essential it is to pursue the primacy of truth for federal law enforcement. Saving Justice is gracefully written and honestly told, a clarion call for a return to fairness and equity in the law.
Author : Kathryn Medico
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780060549299
A startling look inside one of the most fascinating cases of last year––the murder of Terry King, the conviction of his 12 and 13–year old sons, and the pedophile who was accused of being an accessory. On November 26, 2001, Terry King was found dead in his recliner in his home in Pensacola, Florida. Though a fire had been set in an attempt to cover up the scene, the evidence was indisputable––he had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Days later, King's two young sons, 12 and 13 and not even five feet tall each, were found hiding out in the mobile home of their close friend, Rick Chavis, a convicted pedophile who had recently become very close to 12–year old Alex. In parallel statements, Alex and Derek confessed to murdering their father, and soon, they became the two youngest people ever to stand on trial for murder in the state of Florida. But in a startling twist, the prosecution decided to do the unprecedented––try the boys for murder in one trial and Rick Chavis for murder in another, despite the boys' confessions. And in a case that gripped the state of Florida and hit headlines across the nation, convictions came down and were soon overturned. But in the end, the case became a series of missed opportunities, stunning reversals, and one of the most riveting true crime stories of the last decade.
Author : Patricia Bradley
Publisher : Revell
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493410989
In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves. When she is hired to pose as a conservator at the Pink Palace Museum in order to test their security weaknesses after some artifacts go missing, she's ecstatic. But when her investigative focus turns from theft to murder, Kelsey knows she's out of her league--and possibly in the cross hairs. When blast-from-the-past Detective Brad Hollister is called in to investigate, Kelsey may find that he's the biggest security threat yet . . . to her heart. Crackling with romantic tension and laced with intrigue, this suspenseful story from award-winning author Patricia Bradley will keep readers guessing--and looking over their shoulders.
