Rob Warden (1)
Auteur de Gone in the Night
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Œuvres de Rob Warden
Murder Most Foul; And Other Great Stories From the World Press (1980) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 5
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- 71
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- 4.2
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The most frightening thing about reading these accounts is the fact that often the authorities made up their mind about a suspect, coerced or cajoled a confession and then simply stopped looking for the real perpetrator despite overwhelming evidence that they had the wrong person. Although extracting false confessions is in no way a new phenomenon, this book includes examples from several centuries, one would think in this age of DNA testing and CSI expertise the science and forensics would be integral. Sadly, the authors also point out the often, in the interest of closure to a case, the science and forensics are overlooked, ignored or conveniently “lost”.
The one thing I take away from this book and “Justice Miscarried” is: even if only coming forth as a witness to or victim of a crime … lawyer up!
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