VICTIMS OF JUSTICE. The True Story of Two Innocent Men Condemned to Die and a Prosecution Out of Control

Frisbie (Thomas) & Garrett (Randy)

ISBN 10: 038079845X / ISBN 13: 9780380798452

Published by Avon Books (New York), 1998

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Paperback. The Jeanine Nicarico murder case refused to fade away - even after 10yrs. Her kidnapping from her suburban Illinois home and her brutal murder erupted into public outrage with citizens demanding justice. But the investigators, heavily pressured by local politicians, mishandled and misrepresented forensic evidence in a race to catch the killer. The trial evolved into a savage war between prosecutors and attorneys, with the courts hounded by critics who strongly believed that two innocent men had been railroaded while a vicious murderer remained at large. This riveting and disturbing account shows how an unholy alliance of ambitious men presented a case that distorted the truth and the evidence, and, when faced with exposure after obtaining the confession of the real killer, willfully covered up their mistakes. From the falsely imprisoned men to the outside lawyers who fought for their acquittal - including bestselling novelist Scott Turow - to the trial of the DuPage Seven, four investigators and the three former prosecutors on trial for official misconduct, here are the master manipulators, the truth seekers, the startling facts, and the horrifying lies behind one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice ever recorded. Illus. + Chronology. 289pp. 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VICTIMS OF JUSTICE. The True Story of Two Innocent Men Condemned to Die and a Prosecution Out of Control
• Publisher: Avon Books (New York)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038079845X
• ISBN 13: 9780380798452
• Binding: Softcover / Paperback
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Miscarriages of Justice

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Synopsis

Documents the political pressure, incompetence in handling evidence, and judicial duplicity that resulted in the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of two men for the murder of a Illinois woman, Jeanine Nicarico, in 1983, and the intervention of novelist Scott Turow. Original.

About the Author

Thomas Frisbie has covered Illinois politics and the courts for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has been an award-winning writer and editor for more than twenty years. Randy Garrett, while previously a resident of DuPage County, Illinois, wrote freelance articles about significant crime cases there.