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Mara Leveritt
Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by Atria (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2002-10-08)

On the evening of May 5, 1993, in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys disappeared. The next afternoon, the naked bodies of Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found submerged in a nearby stream. The boys had been bound from ankle to wrist with their own shoelaces and severely beaten. Christopher had been castrated. The crime scene had yielded few clues, and despite Christopher's castration, there was a remarkable absence of blood. The police were stymied, and citizens' alarm mounted as weeks passed without an arrest. Finally, a month after the murders, detectives announced three arrests -- and a startling theory of the crime: that the children had been killed by members of a satanic cult. Detectives attributed their break in the case to a former special education student, seventeen-year-old Jessie Misskelley Jr. Although Jessie insisted he knew nothing of the crime, after eight hours of questioning, police announced that he ...

Robert A. Carp, Ronald Stidham
Judicial Process in America
by Congressional Quarterly Books (Paperback)

A thorough revision of a tried and true classic, the seventh edition of Judicial Process in America offers a comprehensive study of the American judicial system that integrates new scholarship and original research. Including analysis of the courts at all levels, the authors cover judges, lawyers, and litigants, as well as the powerful variables that influence judicial decision making, effectively linking the courts to public policy. In response to feedback from adopters, the authors have increased their coverage of state courts and further explore the impact of race, gender, and socio-economic factors on the judiciary. Discussion of the ideological impact of George W. Bush's judicial appointments, including two new Supreme Court justices, and inclusion of recent cases on end-of-life issues, property rights, and gay and lesbian rights bring the book fully up to date.

Vincent Bugliosi
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder
by Island Books (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 1997-03-10)

Here at last is the account of the O.J. Simpson case that no one else has dared to write, that no one else could write. In Outrage, the famed prosecutor of Charles Manson and bestselling author of Helter Skelter goes to the heart of the trial that divided the country and made a mockery of justice.  Vincent Bugliosi, who never lost a murder case, brilliantly outlines the five reasons why O.J. Simpson got away with murder: the worst possible jury, a sloppy and incomplete prosecution, a fatal change of venue, judicial error that allowed the defense to play the race card, and a weak summation and rebuttal that barely addressed the defense's frame-up and conspiracy theories. He reveals:--The offer Marcia Clark and Bill Hodgman should never have refused.--The bluff that saved the defense's cardboard case.--What Deputy Sheriff Jeff Stuart overheard when Rosey Grier visited Simpson in jail.--The 17 words Johnnie Cochran used to cover his argument that could have been his undoing if ...

Barry Werth
Damages
by Simon & Schuster (Hardcover)

Dominick Dunne
Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments
by Three Rivers Press (Paperback) (Release Date: 2002-05-14)

Jeffrey Toobin
A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President
by Random House (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2000-01-11)

Richard Rhodes
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1999-09-14)

Kim Isaac Eisler
Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World's Most Profitable Casino
by Simon & Schuster (Hardcover)

Janet Malcolm
Crime of Sheila McGough, The
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1999-01-19)

Edward P. Lazarus
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court
by Crown (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1998-03-31)

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