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His book Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town won an Edgar Award from the Mystery . Pete's sister, Alice Lee Earley, was killed at the age of 17 on June 14, 1966 when she was hit by a car while riding Pete's scooter

His book Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime Book in 1996. His book about the John Walker spy ring, Family of Spies, was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a CBS miniseries starring Powers Boothe and Lesley Ann Warren. Pete's sister, Alice Lee Earley, was killed at the age of 17 on June 14, 1966 when she was hit by a car while riding Pete's scooter. Pete himself was 14 years old and at church camp when Alice was killed. Pete subsequently wrote about Alice's death (including interviewing the woman who drove the car that.

Death, Life, & Justice in a Southern Town. In Monroeville, Alabama, a young, pretty student was found murdered. Pete Earley is the bestselling author of such books as The Hot House and Crazy

Death, Life, & Justice in a Southern Town. Several months later, a black man with no criminal record was sentenced to death for the crime. Pete Earley is the bestselling author of such books as The Hot House and Crazy. When he is not spending time with his family, he tours the globe advocating for mental health reform. As a former reporter for The Washington Post, Pete uses his journalistic background to take a fair-minded approach to the story all while weaving an interesting tale for the reader.

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On a busy Saturday morning in November 1986, in the small southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, a beautiful white teenager named Ronda Morrison was found brutally murdered in the back room of the dry cleaning store where she worked

On a busy Saturday morning in November 1986, in the small southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, a beautiful white teenager named Ronda Morrison was found brutally murdered in the back room of the dry cleaning store where she worked. His guilt was seen as unquestionable until a young, black, Harvard-educated Yankee lawyer launched his own investigation into the murder.

Circumstantial Evidence" leaves readers outraged. The new "To Kill a Mockingbird. "-Gerry Spence, author of "How to Argue and Win Every Time". Now Earley shows us a different, even more intimate viewof justice-and tyle.

Circumstantial Evidence is the title Mr. Earley gives to this massive and detailed reconstruction of the murder of a Southern Belle, its shoddy . It's a true life story that follows a murder in a small Southern town in the 1980s

Circumstantial Evidence is the title Mr. Earley gives to this massive and detailed reconstruction of the murder of a Southern Belle, its shoddy investigation by overly ambitious and politically motivated sheriffs, police officers and state investigators, its prosecution by several racially biased county attorneys, its supposed black perpetrator shanghied onto death row for eight years by this good-old-boy justice, his dedicated. It's a true life story that follows a murder in a small Southern town in the 1980s. The town is racist, and a black man gets sentenced to death on circumstantial evidence for the crime.

Pete Earley's The Hot House gave America a riveting, uncompromising look at the nation's most notorious prison-the . An excerpt from Circumstantial Evidence.

Now Earley shows us a different, even more intimate view of justice-and tyle. Bryan Stevenson turned his Toyota Corolla onto Interstate 65 and pushed down on the accelerator, merging the well-traveled import into the parade of cars hurrying south from Montgomery.

Circumstantial Evidence : Death, Life, and Justice in a Small Town. The town is racist, and a black man gets sentenced to death on circumstantial evidence for the crime

Circumstantial Evidence : Death, Life, and Justice in a Small Town. by Pete Early and Pete Earley. The book doesn't reveal who may have really done the murder until the last few pages! Meanwhile, a million different scenarios are offered by low lifes cutting deals with the police and the . to get out of prison early. All of the scenarios seem plausible, so you spend half the book wondering if this person or that person may have done the murder.

Reporter Pete Earley presents, in novelistic and graphic detail, the true story of the frame-up, conviction, and . Stevenson, a campaigner against the death penalty, noticed the McMillan case because McMillan had no prior criminal record, unlike most death-row inmates

Reporter Pete Earley presents, in novelistic and graphic detail, the true story of the frame-up, conviction, and eventual release of an African American male from the Alabama death ro. Stevenson, a campaigner against the death penalty, noticed the McMillan case because McMillan had no prior criminal record, unlike most death-row inmates. His early appeals and investigations were thwarted by an uncooperative state court system. By the time that Stevenson had uncovered various irregularities concerning the case, he and his colleagues were receiving numerous anonymous threats.