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Anatomy of injustice : a murder case gone wrong

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  • "This book is an incisive investigation into the many shortcomings of the justice system brought to light in the story of a grievously mishandled murder case in South Carolina that left an innocent man facing execution. At the age of twenty-three, Edward Lee Elmore, a black man, was arrested after the body of a white widow was found, brutally beaten, in the closet of her home. Elmore was an unlikely killer: semiliterate, mentally retarded with a fifth-grade education, gentle and loving with his family. His connection to the victim was minimal, but barely ninety days after the victim's body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The author gives us an exhaustive account of the particulars of racism, prosecutorial misconduct, inept defense lawyers, and injustice in Elmore's case, which, the author makes clear, occur in courts throughout America. He carefully examines each stage of the initial trial, jury selection, the role of the lawyers and judge, the appeal process, and introduces us to the spirited young female lawyer who, for two decades, fought to get Elmore a fair trial. It is a vital contribution to our nation's ongoing, increasingly vehement debate about justice and inequality."
  • "In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in Greenwood, South Carolina. Police arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a mentally retarded black man who had cleaned her gutters and windows. Barely ninety days later he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Elmore had been on death row for eleven years when young attorney Diana Holt learned of his case, which reeked of injustice, and began a lengthy battle to save his life."

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  • "True crime"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Trials, litigation, etc"@en
  • "Trials, litigation, etc"
  • "True crime stories"
  • "Electronic books"

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  • "Anatomy of Injustice : A Murder Case Gone Wrong"
  • "Anatomy of injustice : a murder case gone wrong"
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  • "Anatomy of injustice a murder case gone wrong"

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