VICTIMS OF JUSTICE. The True Story of Two Innocent Men Condemned to Die and a Prosecution Out of Control

Paperback. The Jeanine Nicarico murder case refused to fade away - even after 10yrs. Her kidnapping from her suburban Illinois home and her brutal murder erupted into public outrage with citizens demanding justice. But the investigators, heavily pressured by local politicians, mishandled and misrepresented forensic evidence in a race to catch the killer. The trial evolved into a savage war between prosecutors and attorneys, with the courts hounded by critics who strongly believed that two innocent men had been railroaded while a vicious murderer remained at large. This riveting and disturbing account shows how an unholy alliance of ambitious men presented a case that distorted the truth and the evidence, and, when faced with exposure after obtaining the confession of the real killer, willfully covered up their mistakes. From the falsely imprisoned men to the outside lawyers who fought for their acquittal - including bestselling novelist Scott Turow - to the trial of the DuPage Seven, four investigators and the three former prosecutors on trial for official misconduct, here are the master manipulators, the truth seekers, the startling facts, and the horrifying lies behind one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice ever recorded. Illus. + Chronology. 289pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.