| Edition |
First edition. |
| Physical Description |
xxii, 391 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by John Grisham -- The murder of Courtney Smith -- The murder of Christine Jackson -- Investigating the dead -- At the hands of persons unknown -- Setting the stage for the Cadaver King -- Rise of a fiefdom -- The West phenomenon -- Entrenchment -- The trial of Levon Brooks -- Keep that woman under control -- Vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction -- Prayers for relief -- The unraveling -- Redemption and insurrection -- No reckoning. |
| Summary |
A story of how two men spent a combined thirty years in jail for rape and murder. The authors recount how the criminal justice system allowed this to happen in Mississippi. Two men, Dr. Steven Hayne and Dr. Michael West, built successful careers on the back of that structure and became the go-to experts for prosecutors and helped put countless Mississippians in prison. |
| Subject |
Hayne, Steven (Forensic pathologist)
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West, Michael (Dentist)
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Brooks, Levon, 1959-
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Brewer, Kennedy.
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Judicial error.
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Trials (Rape)
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Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi.
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| Alt Author |
Carrington, Tucker (W. Tucker), author.
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