Death and Justice

Fuhrman, Mark

ISBN 10: 0060732083 / ISBN 13: 9780060732080

Published by HarperCollins, 2004

About this Item

ISigned by Author Signed by Author First Edition Signed by Author on Half Title Page. Trade Paperback As New. Mark Fuhrman was a firm believer in the death penalty; what he saw in Oklahoma changed his mind. It might change yours. He seeks answers to some questions by investigating the death penalty in Oklahoma, a place where a "hand 'em high" attitude of cowboy justice resulted in 21 executions in 2001, more than in any other state in the nation. His questions: Are innocent people being executed? Are death penalty cases being investigated and tried as if someone's life depended on it? Is capital punishment justice or revenge? 276 pages with Epilogue, Appendix and Index. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 2004, HarperCollins, New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death and Justice
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060732083
• ISBN 13: 9780060732080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: IISigned by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law, Courts, Justice, Police, Law Enforcement

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Synopsis

Controversy rages about capital punishment as innocent men and women are being released from death rows all over the country. Are innocent people being executed? Is capital punishment justice or is it revenge?

Into the debate steps Mark Fuhrman, America's most famous detective, and no stranger to controversy himself.

Fuhrman seeks to answer these questions by investigating the death penalty in Oklahoma, where a "hang 'em high" attitude of cowboy justice resulted in twenty-one executions in 2001, more than any other state. Most of these cases came from one jurisdiction, Oklahoma County, where legendary DA Bob Macy bragged of sending more people to death row than any other prosecutor, and police chemist Joyce Gilchrist was eventually fired for mismanaging the crime lab. Examining police records, trial transcripts, appellate decisions and conducting hundreds of interviews, Fuhrman focuses his considerable investigative skills on more than a dozen of the most controversial Oklahoma death penalty cases.

About the Author

Retired LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman is the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in Brentwood, Murder in Greenwich, Murder in Spokane, and Death and Justice. He lives in Idaho.