Reasonable Doubt - Softcover

Vogel, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312923139 ISBN 13: 9780312923136

Publisher: St Martins Press, 1990

Synopsis

A mother and her three young children are found hacked to death in their beds. The apparent weapons, an ax and butcher knife, are found nearby. A month later the husband and father, who was away on a business trip when the bodies were found, is accused of thekillings. Police believe he methodically murdered his wife and children before he left. But why? A successful businessman and devoted memberof a fundamentalist religious group, David Hendricks has the totalsupport of his extended family. Police paint a darker picture, andprosecutors face the daunting task of convicting him on a case based oncompletely circumstantial evidence.

A New York Timesbest-seller, this book has now been updated with additional content andphotos. Readers often comment they must continually remind themselvesthat this story is real, that Reasonable Doubt is testament tothe fact truth is stranger than fiction. The book has also been used in college-level criminal justice courses to explain and illustrate thelegal concept of reasonable doubt.

About this title

About the Author

STEVE VOGEL  is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, columnist and talk show host who covered every minute of the original murder trial described in Reasonable Doubt.  He has an undergraduate degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Interesting audio relating to this case is available at the author's website.

 

From the Back Cover

"Got a problem down here." Officer Hibbens didn't sound like himself. His voice cracked. "There's something you ought to see."

New York Times: "...as if the reader were a member of the jury...gripping account of the murders and, especially the investigation and trial that follows."

Publishers Weekly: "...sure to be controversial...forceful argument is convincing."

Chicago Tribune: "...a dispassionate examination of the Hendricks family murders... well-reported...fast-paced account."

Reviews

Vogel, a radio news director in Bloomington, Ill., covered the case of David Hendricks, who was convicted of the 1983 ax/knife murders of his wife and three children. "Vogel believes there is a reasonable doubt about Hendricks's guilt, and his forceful argument is convincing," concluded PW. Photos.
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Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312923139
• ISBN 13: 9780312923136
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 422