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Indlæser... Manifest Injustice: The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedomaf Barry Siegel
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This was a very well researched book but hard to read. The story of how Bill Macomber was convicted of the murders of two teenagers with no evidence or witnesses against him except for his estranged wife saying that she remembered that Bill confessed to her TEN YEARS earlier made me cringe. The author doesn't explicitly say that Bill didn't do it but definitely left me thinking that there was more than a reasonable doubt of his guilt. It was fascinating to read about the Arizona Justice Project and everything that went into Bill's appeal. The book got a little long and detailed at times but still worth a read. It made me angry, sad, frustrated and hopeful. This book would make a great documentary film. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. How would you react if you had spent 38 years of your life in prison for a crime you hadn't committed losing contact with your growing children as a result?In 1974 Bill Macomber was convicted of the murders of two teenagers in 1962 on evidence that apparently was planted by his estranged wife who worked in the Sheriff's office at the time of his conviction. This book tells the story of the efforts of Project Justice to free Mr. Macomber who throughout his incarceration, was a model inmate inspiring others by his spirit and appreciation of those who fought for him. I'm so glad that I go to read this book, but wonder how our system could continue to lock up this man when so many believed him innocent and the suspect evidence had "disappeared". Many questions arose from this book as to whether justice can truly be found. I believe that Mr. Macomber's story should be mandatory reading for all law students so that they will understand that there are innocent people that do get convicted and that all efforts should be made to prevent this from happening in the future. The politics involved in his release truly astounded me. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I had high hopes for this book, unfortunately I was slightly disappointed. I usually enjoy reading books of this nature, but I had a little issue with how long this book really is. It dragged in places and I found myself skimming more than I should have been. It wasn't necessarily a bad book by any means, but it would have been a lot better had it been much shorter. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Though it is not fair to judge a book by a reader's taste in subject matter, I guess I am doing just that. I found the book to be overly wordy and hard to follow much of the time. I could have been just as informed of the facts in a one hour true crime show on television or a news article. If anyone has read a lengthy review of the book that has been previously written they can pretty much forget about reading the book itself. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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The legal drama of a man who'd spent almost forty years in prison for murders he denied committing and the tenacious lawyers who believed in his innocence.
In the spring of 1962, on an isolated stretch of Arizona desert, an abandoned car and two bodies were discovered. This brutal murder of a young couple bewildered the sheriff's department of Maricopa County for years; despite a few promising leads the case went cold. More than a decade later, a clerk in the sheriff's department came forward to tell police that her estranged husband had confessed to the murders. The case, rife with extraordinary irregularities, attracted the sustained involvement of the Arizona Justice Project. Macumber's story illuminates startling, upsetting truths about our justice system, which kept a possibly innocent man locked up for almost forty years, and what constitutes justice in our country today. No library descriptions found. |
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This account of Bill's life and the Arizona Justice Project is fascinating and thought provoking. It makes your stomach turn to know that people can be convicted and locked up when innocent. This book was a little wordy but was a good read. ( )