Readers who think they know everything about O.J. Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, the Kennedy assassination, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and other headline-making crimes will have to think again as Dr. Henry Lee, one of the world's most ingenious forensic scientists, looks with a fresh eye at the accused, and for the first time, reconsiders the true evidence.
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What could have been a good book ruined by a literary device,
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I'm a big reader of forensic studies of crime, but this one hits a new low in clunky formats. Lee (with co-author LaBriola) reviews a number of famous cases, including the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the JonBenet Ramsey case, the Lindbergh kidnappingm, the Sacco and Vanzetti trials and more. Lee and LaBriola's analysis of the cases themselves are intriguing, but why, oh why did they feel it necessary to encumber the book with the fictional character of one "Sam Constant?" This "dream" character materializes to draw Lee back in time to visit the older cases, or in the more recent ones, to deliver his opinion as the voice of the General Public. It's a terrible device, blundering and awkward, badly written, and in the end manages to make the authors look foolish and takes away from their veracity as scientists.
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Spring: Sacco and Vanzetti move to Mexico to avoid military draft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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South Braintree, Sam Constant, United States, Sam Sheppard, Judge Thayer, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York, Vincent Foster, Warren Commission, Henry Lee, Johnnie Cochran, Lee Bailey, Barry Scheck, Robert Shapiro, Courtesy of The Trustees, Cyril Wecht, Marcia Clark, Rare Books Department, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Captain Proctor, Dream Team, Lecture Number, Supreme Court, Allan Park New!
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Spring: Sacco and Vanzetti move to Mexico to avoid military draft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
joint trial, transfer evidence, bloody glove, forensic techniques Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Braintree, Sam Constant, United States, Sam Sheppard, Judge Thayer, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York, Vincent Foster, Warren Commission, Henry Lee, Johnnie Cochran, Lee Bailey, Barry Scheck, Robert Shapiro, Courtesy of The Trustees, Cyril Wecht, Marcia Clark, Rare Books Department, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Captain Proctor, Dream Team, Lecture Number, Supreme Court, Allan Park New!
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- Mausoleums (Shire Library) by Lynn F. Pearson in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Forensic Science University Package: Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, 2nd edition by Stuart James in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 120, and Back Matter
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