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Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice - Softcover

Lueders, Bill

 
9780299219642: Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 029921964X ISBN 13: 9780299219642
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

     Cry Rape dramatically exposes the criminal justice system’s capacity for error as it recounts one woman’s courageous battle in the face of adversity. In September 1997, a visually impaired woman named Patty was raped by an intruder in her home in Madison, Wisconsin. The rookie detective assigned to her case came to doubt Patty’s account and focused the investigation on her. Using pressure and lies, he got her to recant, then had her charged with falsely reporting a crime. The charges were eventually dropped, but Patty continued to demand justice, filing complaints and a federal lawsuit against the police. All were rebuffed. But later, as the result of her perseverance, a startling discovery was made. Even then, Patty’s ordeal was far from over.
     Other books have dealt with how police and prosecutors bend and break the law in their zeal to prevail. This one focuses instead on how the gravest injustice can be committed with the best of intentions, and how one woman’s bravery and persistence finally triumphed.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bill Lueders is news editor for Isthmus, a weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the author of An Enemy of the State: The Life of Erwin Knoll and president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

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Verlag
University of Wisconsin Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
029921964X
ISBN 13 
9780299219642
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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