A"No one who enjoys mystery can fail to savor this study of a classic case of detection."--TONY HILLERMAN On the night of September 14, 1935, George Conniff, a town marshal in Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington, was shot to death. A lawman had been killed, yet there …
In 1935, Spokane, Wash., was in the sixth year of the Great Depression. Unemployment was high. Civilian Conservation Corps workers were arriving in droves from the East for the Grand Coulee Dam project. Crime was rampant, and a series of creamery robberies had the town on edge. …
From 1917 to 1919, terror struck the streets of Akron, Ohio. As soldiers marched off to World War I and Spanish influenza ravaged the community, police officers faced a sinister threat. Murderous kingpin Rosario Borgia placed a bounty on officers' heads for interfering with his …
Mumia Abu-Jamal's defense attorney provides an account of his client's struggle for justice as he describes the 1982 conviction of the award-winning journalist for the killing of a police officer.
Mumia Abu-Jamal's defense attorney provides an account of his client's struggle for justice as he describes the 1982 conviction of the award-winning journalist for the killing of a police officer.
Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the last fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection of Williams's popular ess…
Mumia Abu-Jamal--the most famous death-row inmate in the United States--was sentenced to death in 1982 for allegedly killing police officer Daniel Faulkner.
When his chief investigator and love interest joins a long list of suspects in the grisly murder of a dirty New Jersey cop, lawyer Andy Carpenter must do some fancy footwork in the courtroom to clear her name.
"It begins in the asphalt heart of Paterson, with the discovery of a once dirty, now decapitated cop. Then not one but several prime suspects emerge. Drawn into this affair, Andy has things under control ... until the last suspect turns out to be none other than Laurie Collins, …
When his chief investigator and love interest joins a long list of suspects in the grisly murder of a dirty New Jersey cop, lawyer Andy Carpenter must do some fancy footwork in the courtroom to clear her name.
This comprehensive volume examines the impact of important 20th century criminal trials on American history and culture. The work begins with a discussion of sixteen important legal cases from 1901 to 1967, each at one time considered "the trial of the century," and explores the…
This comprehensive volume examines the impact of important 20th century criminal trials on American history and culture. The work begins with a discussion of sixteen important legal cases from 1901 to 1967, each at one time considered "the trial of the century," and explores the…
