Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family’s Secret
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 151073130X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California crime stunned an already grim nation. Justice was swift, and the condemned man was buried away with the horrifying story.But decades later, Pamela Everett, a lawyer and former journalist, starts digging, following up a cryptic comment her father once made about losing two of his sisters. Having revived the case to its rightful place in history, she leaves us with enduring concerns about the death penalty then and now.A journey chronicled through the mind of a lawyer and from the heart of a daughter, Little Shoes is both a captivating true crime story and a profoundly personal account of one family's struggle to cope with tragedy through the generations.. Her journey is uniquely personal as she uncovers her family's secret history, but the investigation quickly takes unexpected turns into her professional wheelhouse.Everett unearths a truly historic legal case that included the first-ever criminal profile in the United States, the genesis of modern sex offender laws, and the last man sentenced to hang in California. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged, and his sensational trial captivated audiences from coast to coast. T
She lives in Reno, Nevada. . About the AuthorPamela Everett is a former broadcast journalist who later earned her law degree at the University of San Diego, where she wrote for the San Diego Law Review. She is on the Criminal Justice faculty at the University of Nevada and a volunteer attorney with the California Innocence Project
. Pamela Everett is a former broadcast journalist who later earned her law degree at the University of San Diego, where she wrote for the San Diego Law Review. She is on the Criminal Justice faculty at the University of Nevada and a volunteer attorney with the California Innocence Project. She lives in Reno, Nevada