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Anatomy of Injustice : A Murder Case Gone Wrong

ISBN: 9780307700216 | 0307700216

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Pub. Date: 2/21/2012

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An impassioned and incisive investigation into the many shortcomings of the justice system brought to light in the story of a grievously mishandled murder case in South Carolina that left an innocent man facing execution. At the age of twenty-three, Edward Lee Elmore, a black man, was arrested after the body of a white widow was found, brutally beaten, in the closet of her home. Elmore was an unlikely killer: semiliterate, mentally retarded with a fifth-grade education, gentle and loving with his family. His connection to the victim was minimal... MORE, but barely ninety days after the victim's body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Raymond Bonner gives us an exhaustive account of the particulars of racism, prosecutorial misconduct, inept defense lawyers, and injustice in Elmore's case, which, the author makes clear, occur in courts throughout America. He carefully examines each stage of the initial trial--jury selection, the role of the lawyers and judge, the appeal process--and introduces us to the spirited young female lawyer who, for two decades, fought to get Elmore a fair trial. Powerfully suspenseful and moving, often enraging, Anatomy of Injusticewill be a vital contribution to our nation's ongoing, increasingly vehement debate about justice and inequality.

In early 1980s South Carolina, a white widow was found beaten to death, and young Edward Lee Elmore-African American, mentally retarded, and a sweet soul beloved by his family-was quickly convicted and sentenced to death. Bonner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who also has a law degree-examines this miscarriage of justice and the appeals process, led by a young female lawyer who fought for two decades to get Elmore a fair trial. Another wake-up call about the inadequacies of our legal system.

This book is an incisive investigation into the many shortcomings of the justice system brought to light in the story of a grievously mishandled murder case in South Carolina that left an innocent man facing execution. At the age of twenty-three, Edward Lee Elmore, a black man, was arrested after the body of a white widow was found, brutally beaten, in the closet of her home. Elmore was an unlikely killer: semiliterate, mentally retarded with a fifth-grade education, gentle and loving with his family. His connection to the victim was minimal, but barely ninety days after the victim's body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The author gives us an exhaustive account of the particulars of racism, prosecutorial misconduct, inept defense lawyers, and injustice in Elmore's case, which, the author makes clear, occur in courts throughout America. He carefully examines each stage of the initial trial, jury selection, the role of the lawyers and judge, the appeal process, and introduces us to the spirited young female lawyer who, for two decades, fought to get Elmore a fair trial. It is a vital contribution to our nation's ongoing, increasingly vehement debate about justice and inequality.

Author's Note	p. xi
Rush to Judgment
Greenwood, South Carolina, 1982	p. 3
The Town	p. 6
The Crime	p. 9
The Police	p. 10
The Suspect-Edward Lee Elmore	p. 19
The Arrest	p. 26
The Death Penalty	p. 32
The Prosecutor	p. 38
Speedy Trial	p. 43
The Judge	p. 4... MORE4
The Defense Lawyers	p. 46
The Jury	p. 50
The Opening Statements	p. 54
The Pathologist	p. 59
The Girlfriend	p. 63
Hair on the Bed	p. 66
The Jailhouse Informant	p. 69
The Defendant-Edward Lee Elmore	p. 73
The Prosecutor's Closing Argument	p. 79
Deliberation on Death	p. 84
Replay	p. 96
Innocence Is Not Enough
Diana	p. 113
The Intern and the Neighbor	p. 132
Innocence Is Not Enough	p. 143
The Girlfriend, Revisited	p. 159
The Jailhouse Informant, Revisited	p. 161
Dueling Pathologists	p. 169
Blood, Blue Jeans, Footprints, and Fingerprints	p. 182
Hair on the Bed, Revisited	p. 193
Summing Up	p. 202
"… may well not be guilty"	p. 206
The Search for Item T	p. 210
Digging Up the Past	p. 223
One Hair …	p. 236
Digging Up the Dead	p. 243
Bizarre	p. 252
Denouement	p. 263
Epilogue	p. 279
A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments	p. 281
Index	p. 285
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