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Justice on fire : the Kansas City firefighters case and the railroading of the Marlborough five
- Title
- Justice on fire : the Kansas City firefighters case and the railroading of the Marlborough five / J. Patrick O'Connor.
- Author
- O'Connor, J. Patrick
- Publication
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 346 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Justice on Fire describes a misguided eight-year investigation propelled by an overzealous Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent keen to retire; a mistake-riddles case conducted by a combative assistant US attorney willing to use compromised "snitch" witnesses and unwilling to admit contrary evidence; and a sentence of life without parole pronounced by a prosecution-favoring judge. In short, an abuse of government power and a travesty of justice. O'Connor's own investigation, which uncovered evidence of witness tampering, intimidation, and prosecutorial misconduct, helped give rise to a front-page series of articles in the Kansas City Star - only to prompt a white-washing inquiry by the Department of Justice that exonerated the lead ATF agent and named other possible perpetrators who remain unidentified and unindicted. O'Connor extends his scrutiny to this cover-up and arrives at a startling conclusion suggesting that the case of the Marlborough Five is far from closed"--
- Subjects
- Trials (Arson)
- Trials (Homicide)
- Judicial error
- Arson investigation
- Homicide investigation
- Trials
- Fire fighters > Missouri > Kansas City > Death
- Marlborough (Kansas City, Mo.)
- Missouri > Kansas City
- Trials (Arson) > Missouri > Kansas City
- Trials (Homicide) > Missouri > Kansas City
- Judicial error > Missouri > Kansas City
- Arson investigation > Missouri > Kansas City
- Homicide investigation > Missouri > Kansas City
- Fire fighters > Death
- Edwards, Darlene M > Trials, litigation, etc
- Note
- "This is a book about prosecutorial abuse on steroids that led to five wrongful convictions. Richard Brown, Darlene Edwards, Bryan Sheppard, Frank Sheppard, and Skip Sheppard were convicted in 1997 of causing the deaths of six Kansas City firefighters killed in an arson-fueled explosion on November 29, 1988"-- ECIP prologue.
- Appeal in case decided in United States v. Edwards, 159 F.3d 1117 (8th Cir. 1998).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The last alarm -- What went wrong? -- Investigating the crime -- Investigating the Marlborough neighborhood -- The Marlborough five -- Indicting the Marlborough five -- The trial opens -- The case against the Marlborough five -- The defense -- Closing arguments and verdict -- Sentencing -- Appeals -- Affidavits of recantation -- Mike McGraw -- The Department of Justice investigation -- Life in prison -- Interviewing the original KCPD detectives -- Resentencing of Bryan Sheppard -- New evidence.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3282
- ISBN
- 9780700626717
- 0700626719
- 9780700626724 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018016615
- OCLC
- 1031415692
- Author
- O'Connor, J. Patrick, author.
- Title
- Justice on fire : the Kansas City firefighters case and the railroading of the Marlborough five / J. Patrick O'Connor.
- Publisher
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3282