The Trial of a Judge - Softcover

Addison, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1519622198 ISBN 13: 9781519622198

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The story in this novel is based on written historical documents. These events did take place in a time of civil unrest. This compelling story is about a man who is put on trial for his life. The judge hearing the case, appointed by the state, wanted little or nothing to do with the trial, thinking is should be for someone of lesser stature to take care of not him. The defendant, although innocent of all charges, was put to death. One man could have saved him from execution...the judge on trial in this story. Years after the trial that ended in wrongful death the judge in the case was arrested; to be brought to trial for dereliction of duty and abuse of power. Testimony by those who witnessed the original trial have been brought together. They, fearing for their own safety and that of their families are allowed to testify under assumed names. As if from today’s headlines... this is a story of intrigue, deceit, power plays, and payoffs.

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About the Author

Bill’s background has threads running through radio, television, and print media’s over several decades. His career spans more than fifty years, beginning in radio news where he was awarded 28 United Press and Associated Press Outstanding News awards for reporting in and around the St. Louis area. The awards were received over a period of 14 years. Addison moved into television, both anchoring and as news director for an independent television station in St. Louis. He and his news department received four national news awards from the Associated Press in the same year for their reporting on illicit drug testing on mental patients at Missouri state institutions. That investigation led to changes in the rights of mental patients on state and national levels. The late Senator Ted Kennedy authored the bill following hearings based on the stories from Addison’s news operation. That is the only time before or since that four out of five major national awards went to the same news operation in one year. Bill was credited with developing the concept of a five minute news report, five times a night in prime time, for television. Called “Update News” Addison anchored those newscasts for seven years. His operation was one of the first to use a new media for news gathering called “portable video camcorders” instead of shooting events on film. The station and Bill were lauded by the FCC for “The Most Innovative Programming of News”. Bill moved from the independent station to CBS where he served as Executive Producer for News in the St. Louis CBS station. His responsibilities included overseeing all newscasts and street coverage for the #1 rated news station in St. Louis. Addison left CBS after being offered a position doing investigative reporting for Jack Anderson’s organization in New York. Bill worked with the North American Newspaper Alliance covering such stories as the Buford Pusser “Walking Tall” trials in Tennessee, investigating the UFO’s of southern Missouri, and deliberate violations of drug testing by Serile Labs. Bill has produced television programs for CBS, NBC, ESPN, HBO, Showtime, and others for independent distribution. He also worked for several years as a stringer for ABC News. He has written, directed or produced, and narrated more than fifty video/work book training programs. This is his third book.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1519622198
• ISBN 13: 9781519622198
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200