The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071HX88T2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 391 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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the Court of Last Resort This is a very informative book. I had to get this copy, since mine had molded. It is very interesting, about those accused of crime, sometimes unjustly. Most time justly. Yet there are cases that, after the fact, this "Court of Last Resort" took it upon themselves to investigate the facts, with their own money, and all of the time they could spare. These are investigators, actual judges, and many [high-priced] attorneys,. A Customer said must reading for anyone interested in justice. Reading this book is a tonic for anyone who thinks we can solve the crime problem by locking people up and throwing away the key. It makes you wish there were a Court of Last Resort today.. Read about heroic efforts to free innocent people from prison. Unputdownable. Janet Review. The court of last resort. ****. Open road media. 4/11/17This book, written by Earle Stanley Gardner, was originally published in 1952. This edition has been updated by Open Road Media, with new material included. You might think that it would be somewhat dated, but I found it to be remarkably relevant for today and quite interesting.Garner, who died in 1970, was a prolific writer, most famous for his Perry Mason m
William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting execution at San Quentin. After reviewing the case, Gardner agreed to help - it seemed the fate of the "Red-Headed Killer" hinged on the testimony of a colorblind witness. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony. Originating as a monthly column in Argosy magazine, it was produced as a dramatized court TV show for NBC.. Gardner's intervention sparked the Court of Last Resort. Featuring Gardner's most damning cases of injustice from across the country, The Court of Last Resort won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. The creator of Perry Mason's Edgar Award - winning account of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, legal battles, and landmark reversals.In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client