WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery - Softcover

Ferak, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947290983 ISBN 13: 9781947290983

Publisher: WildBlue Press, 2018

Synopsis

“Whatever you thought you believed about this infamous case, get ready to change your mind or be more convinced than ever. ... Fascinating.”—New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson

In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK’s Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case again Steven Avery, who had already beat one wrongful conviction only to be charged with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. The case became the wildly successful Netflix “Making A Murderer” documentary.

In WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery, Ferak lays out in exacting detail the post-conviction strategy of Kathleen Zellner, the high-profile, high-octane lawyer, to free Avery. To write this book, Zellner, perhaps America’s most successful wrongful conviction attorney, gave Ferak unique access to the exhaustive pro bono efforts she and her small suburban Chicago law firm dedicated for a man she believes to be a victim of an unscrupulous justice system in Manitowoc County.

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About the Author

A native of Joliet, Illinois, John Ferak returned to his roots in 2017 to become the editor/reporter for the Joliet Patch. He previously spent five years with the Wisconsin Investigative Team for USA TODAY NETWORK and nine years in Nebraska at the Omaha World-Herald newspaper. He is an authority on wrongful arrest and conviction cases. His 2016 book for WildBlue Press, FAILURE OF JUSTICE, chronicled the nation's largest wrongful conviction case. His first book, BLOODY LIES told the story about a CSI director who went to prison for planting blood in high-profile Nebraska murder cases. Ferak's fifth true-crime book, WRECKING CREW: Demolishing The Case Against Steven Avery, is being published through Colorado-based WildBlue Press on November 20, 2018.

Review

"John Ferak is an investigative journalist who is trying to figure out who committed the murder. He takes all of my evidence, expert opinions and theories and really examines them in detail. [Making a Murderer] touched on some of my investigation and expert experiments but not in as much detail as the book. The series explores many collateral matters, while the book zeroes-in on suspects and motives for the murder, which was not a focal point in the series."--Attorney Kathleen Zellner, interview with Newsweek Magazine

"If you're planning to binge-watch Making a Murderer 2 over the holidays, order John Ferak's new book Wrecking Crew, too. Definitive chronicle of criminal justice corruption in Manitowoc County." -- Michelle Malkin 

"Whatever you thought you believed about this infamous case, get ready to change your mind or be more convinced than ever .... Fascinating." -- New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson"This really, really opens your mind to the good possibility of a conspiracy by judicial officials to frame Steven Avery once again." -- Dan Zupansky, noted true-crime author and host of the popular show TRUE MURDER: THE MOST SHOCKING KILLERS IN TRUE CRIME HISTORY . 

Edition details

• Publisher: WildBlue Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1947290983
• ISBN 13: 9781947290983
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 412