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The Third Degree
- The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice
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Part murder mystery, part courtroom drama, and part landmark legal case, The Third Degree is the true story of a young man’s abuse by the Washington police and an arduous seven-year journey through the legal system that drew in Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John W. Davis, and J. Edgar Hoover. The ordeal culminated in a sweeping Supreme Court ruling penned by Justice Louis Brandeis that set the stage for the Miranda warning many years later. Scott D. Seligman argues that the importance of the case hinges not on the defendant’s guilt or innocence but on the imperative that a system that presumes one is innocent until proven guilty provides protections against coerced confessions.
Today, when the treatment of suspects between arrest and trial remains controversial, when bias against immigrants and minorities in law enforcement continues to deny them their rights, and when protecting individuals from compulsory self-incrimination is still an uphill battle, this century-old legal spellbinder is a cautionary tale that reminds us how we got where we are today and makes us wonder how far we have yet to go.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"This is a book with real crime-noir appeal and serious implications." (Foreword Reviews)
"A fascinating and easy read that can be consumed in one sitting." (New York Journal of Books)
"A dramatic and insightful read for anybody who cares about human rights and wants to understand the roots of the Miranda warning." (Pennsylvania Literary Journal)
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Not since The Thin Blue Line has there been a true-crime saga as engrossing as Making a Murderer. Captivating audiences across demographic lines, it made Steven Avery a household name and thrust defense attorney Jerome F. Buting - and his fight against America's dysfunctional criminal justice system - into the spotlight. In Illusion of Justice, Buting uses the Avery case as a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of our law enforcement and legal systems, which he has witnessed firsthand for nearly four decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tells it like it is . . .
- De Regan Williams en 11-26-17
De: Jerome F. Buting
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Emmett Till
- The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
- De: Devery S. Anderson
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
- Duración: 21 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 91
Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important story narrated with power and warmth
- De R. Nance en 10-04-16
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Ultimate Punishment
- A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty
- De: Scott Turow
- Narrado por: Scott Turow
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Scott Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment. Along the way, he provides a brief history of America's relationship with the ultimate punishment, analyzes the potent reasons for and against it, including the role of the victims' survivors, and tells the powerful stories behind the statistics, as he moves from the Governor's Mansion to Illinois' state-of-the art 'super-max' prison and the execution chamber.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking book
- De Susan B. en 11-01-05
De: Scott Turow
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Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- De: Mike Dash
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 63
They called it Satan's Circus, a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New York, N.Y
- De Robert en 07-11-07
De: Mike Dash
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Freedom's Detective
- The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror
- De: Charles Lane
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 113
Freedom’s Detective reveals the untold story of the Reconstruction-era US Secret Service and their battle against the Ku Klux Klan, through the career of its controversial chief, Hiram C. Whitle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Evan Review
- De Evan en 06-23-19
De: Charles Lane
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- De: Gilbert King
- Narrado por: Peter Francis James
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,304
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,067
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,058
Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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5 out of 5 stars
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the fight for civil rights
- De Jean en 01-17-14
De: Gilbert King
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Anatomy of Injustice
- A Murder Case Gone Wrong
- De: Raymond Bonner
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and windows, but barely ninety days after the victim’s body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Elmore had been on death row for eleven years when a young attorney named Diana Holt first learned of his case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A miscarriage of justice if I've ever seen it
- De Education is KEY en 10-11-17
De: Raymond Bonner
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Devil’s Knot
- The True Story of the West Memphis Three
- De: Mara Leveritt
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 860
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 768
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 769
“Free the West Memphis Three!” - maybe you’ve heard the phrase, but do you know why their story is so alarming? Do you know the facts? The guilty verdicts handed out to three Arkansas teens in a horrific capital murder case were popular in their home state - even upheld on appeal. But after two HBO documentaries called attention to the witch-hunt atmosphere at the trials, artists and other supporters raised concerns about the accompanying lack of evidence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly disappointing
- De La Becket en 12-05-12
De: Mara Leveritt
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The Assassin's Accomplice
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
- De: Kate Clifford Larson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
In The Assassin’s Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known conspirator in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government. A Confederate sympathizer, Surratt ran the boarding house where the conspirators met to plan Lincoln’s assassination. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin’s Accomplice tells the intricate story of the Lincoln conspiracy through the eyes of its only female participant, offering a fresh perspective on America’s most famous murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Did She or Didn't She
- De c a cornelius en 06-04-21
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Blood in the Water
- The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
- De: Heather Ann Thompson
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 22 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 685
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 610
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 611
On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed 39 men - hostages as well as prisoners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tragic Events, Well-Told
- De David en 10-27-17
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Tong Wars
- The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown
- De: Scott D. Seligman
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Nothing had worked. Not threats or negotiations, not shutting down the betting parlors or opium dens, not throwing Chinese offenders into prison. Not even executing them. The New York DA was running out of ideas, and more people were dying every day as the weapons of choice evolved from hatchets to automatic weapons and even bombs. Welcome to New York City's Chinatown in 1925.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable Imformation! Fascinating History.
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 05-21-18
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An Act of State
- The Execution of Martin Luther King
- De: Dr. William F. Pepper Esq
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Martin Luther King Jr., was a powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in the US, and at the height of his fame in the mid-'60s seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the USA. However, in 1968, he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered. The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a 25-year campaign for justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am yet convinced of a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King
- De Sugarbabe en 05-11-23
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing
- Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
- De: Simon Baatz
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 162
In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just 16 years old, had recently moved to the city. White was 47. As the foremost architect of his day, he was a celebrity. She told no one that White raped her that night until, several years later, she confided in Harry Thaw, the millionaire playboy who would later become her husband. Thaw, thirsting for revenge, shot and killed White in 1906 before hundreds of theatergoers during a performance in Madison Square Garden.
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1 out of 5 stars
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"The Girl" is barely in this book
- De Polly L. Mccall en 07-12-18
De: Simon Baatz
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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand
- A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan
- De: Mardi Link
- Narrado por: Jim McCance
- Duración: 15 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop, the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice system Vs Conviction system
- De Sean en 11-14-16
De: Mardi Link
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Tough Cases
- Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They've Ever Made
- De: Russell F. Canan - editor, Gregory E. Mize - editor, Frederick H. Weisberg - editor
- Narrado por: Isabel Keating, Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In Tough Cases, judges from different kinds of courts in different parts of the country write about the case that proved most difficult for them to decide. Some of these cases received international attention: the Elián González case in which Judge Jennifer Bailey had to decide whether to return a seven-year-old boy to his father in Cuba after his mother drowned trying to bring the child to the United States, or the Terri Schiavo case in which Judge George Greer had to decide whether to withdraw life support from a woman in a vegetative state over the wishes of her parents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Puts being a judge in perspective
- De David Bigelow Stouffer en 01-14-20
De: Russell F. Canan - editor, y otros
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- De: Dr. William F. Pepper Esq.
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 388
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 351
William Pepper was James Earl Ray's lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and even after Ray's conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray's innocence. This myth-shattering expose is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper's original best-selling and critically-acclaimed book of the same name, with 26 years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required listening
- De MJ in LA en 07-20-17
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Helter Skelter
- The True Story of the Manson Murders
- De: Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 26 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,890
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,753
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,738
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything I remembered about the case was wrong..
- De karen en 06-22-12
De: Vincent Bugliosi, y otros
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The Poison Patriarch
- How the Betrayals of Joseph P. Kennedy Caused the Assassination of JFK
- De: Mark Shaw
- Narrado por: Pat Kiernan
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 264
Focusing for the first time on why attorney general Robert F. Kennedy wasn’t killed in 1963 instead of on why President John F. Kennedy was, Mark Shaw offers a stunning and provocative assassination theory that leads directly to the family patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy. Mining fresh information and more than 40 new interviews, Shaw weaves a spellbinding narrative involving Mafia don Carlos Marcello; Jack Ruby (Lee Harvey Oswald’s killer); Ruby’s attorney, Melvin Belli; and, ultimately, the Kennedy brothers and their father.
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1 out of 5 stars
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He should stick to writing briefs
- De Karenanne Brown en 03-28-18
De: Mark Shaw