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Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
By Fox, Margalit
- ISBN
- 9780399589454 9780399589461
- Publisher
- Random
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Starred Review on May 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Miscarriages of justice always leave a stain on the legal landscape, especially when deliberate. Fox's (senior writer, The New York Times) latest book explores such a mistake. In 1909, Oscar Slater, a German Jew who had recently arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, was wrongfully convicted of a grisly murder. While Slater had criminal tendencies and a murky past, he was no killer. Despite his obvious innocence, Glasgow Poli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
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