Finished this book 2 days ago. very quick read but also very sad and it made me think how unfair the justice system is especially when you are talking about juveniles. Let's say 3 young girls commit the same crime and one is 3 months younger which means also just under the age where they can try you as an adult and because of that is hardly punished while the other 2 get the punishment adults would receive.

There was yesterday news about 5 boys who raped a boy of 15. There were pictures of only 3 of the 5 criminals because 2 of them were still underage. But what pissed me so off was that there was a big picture of the victim who happened to be only 15 years old!!!! Yes the protect the criminals but not the victim who is also underage.

Anyway as expected very good writing of Peter Meyer again. This book made me very sad and it made me think of the victim even when I woke up the next day.

Sad but good.

ETA: Heard the very sad news that true crime author and internet friend of mine Corey Mitchell died all of a sudden and it shook me up. So sad and I feel so much for his loved ones.
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The story of the murder/rape in 1980/1981 of Melissa Walbridge in Essex, VT. The trial/prosecution James Savage and Louie Hamlin go through...An event that comes close to home... ( )

This seems to have been written for the purpose of getting juvenile justice laws changed. As the book is now 30 years old, its major purpose is outdated. As far as the basic story goes, when the author seems unaware that Essex and Essex Junction are not the same town, you have to question everything else he says. ( )