WOMAN ON TRIAL

Paperback. I 1981 Christine Schultz was dead - murdered in her own home. Lawrencia Bembenek, the beautiful wife of Christine's ex-husband, is charged and convicted of murder. But she claims she is innocent - framed by the notoriously corrupt Milwaukee Police Department. It's the most talked-about murder case of the decade: a tangled web of facts and lies. It's also the story of an ordinary young woman who wanted to be a police officer, but found herself plunged into a world of dirty dealings and police corruption. Was Lawrencia Bembenek fired then framed by the MPD because she reported its blatant corruption to the state? Why was Bembenek convicted of murder despite suspect police evidence - and an eye witness to the murder who said she was innocent? Lawrencia Bembenek's story - told in her own words - grips from the beginning to end as she recounts her nightmare and tells why, desperate after 10yrs in prison, she escaped to Canada only to return to Milwaukee in shackles. She tells why she returned to face her sentence and a year of solitary confinement - with only a single shred of hope: that the truth will be told. Illus. 360pp. 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.