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Record Nr.

UNINA9910658998503321

Autore

Sommerville Rachel

Titolo

California P.I [[electronic resource] ] : one woman's fight to save prisoners from death row / / by Rachel Sommerville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : UNSW Press, 2012

ISBN

1-74224-584-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

363.289

363.289092

Soggetti

Private investigators

Death row inmates - California

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; About the Author ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Author's note ; Introduction: 'The Alcatraz of the Rockies' ; 1 The apprentice ; 2 PI training ; 3 Asking the right question ; 4 Cruel and unusual punishment ; 5 Death penalty case ; 6 Marquis's story ; 7 Two trials ; 8 Post-conviction work ; 9 Jurors ; 10 LWOP: Life without the possibility of parole ; Postscript ; Acknowledgements

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Marquis is accused of involvement in the murder of a man from a rival neighborhood. Darren has been found guilty of murdering a gas station attendant. Charles has been charged with the murder of a homeless teenage girl. All three men are facing the death penalty in California. A passionate account, this book follows an Australian-born private investigator as she attempts to save these men's lives. A journey from genteel, middle-class Adelaide, Australia, to the ghettos and prisons of the United States, this is also an insider's view of the U.S. justice system and the injustices it often com