Crimes Of Fire

Author : Jessica S. Henry
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520385802
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smoke But No Fire written by Jessica S. Henry and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner, Silver (Political and Social Sciences) Winner of the Montaigne Medal, awarded to "the most thought-provoking books" The first book to explore a shocking yet all-too-common type of wrongful conviction—one that locks away innocent people for crimes that never actually happened. Rodricus Crawford was convicted and sentenced to die for the murder by suffocation of his beautiful baby boy. After years on death row, evidence confirmed what Crawford had claimed all along: he was innocent, and his son had died from an undiagnosed illness. Crawford is not alone. A full one-third of all known exonerations stem from no-crime wrongful convictions. The first book to explore this common but previously undocumented type of wrongful conviction, Smoke but No Fire tells the heartbreaking stories of innocent people convicted of crimes that simply never happened. A suicide is mislabeled a homicide. An accidental fire is mislabeled an arson. Corrupt police plant drugs on an innocent suspect. A false allegation of assault is invented to resolve a custody dispute. With this book, former New York City public defender Jessica S. Henry sheds essential light on a deeply flawed criminal justice system that allows—even encourages—these convictions to regularly occur. Smoke but No Fire promises to be eye-opening reading for legal professionals, students, activists, and the general public alike as it grapples with the chilling reality that far too many innocent people spend real years behind bars for fictional crimes.

Author : J N Colon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crimes of Fire written by J N Colon and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fae freak. Killer. Abomination. I've been accused of terrible crimes. And I'm far from innocent. My uncontrollable powers earned me a cell in Wayward Fae Penitentiary where the inmates have it out for me and the guards turn a blind eye to every bit of violence. I'm here for one reason only, and that's to assassinate the ruthless unseelie prince. Viktor claims he's going to break me, make me wish I never set foot in his prison. If that were true, why does he keep saving me from the dangerous alpha shifter salivating for my blood? W.F.P. is not your average lockup. The prince has more authority than the warden, creatures roam the halls at night, and a war between unseelies and shifters is brewing. When I'm viciously attacked, Viktor brings me back from the brink of death, but no one could have foreseen the consequences. How could I go through with my mission now? If I kill him, I'll become the monster everyone thinks I am. If I don't, innocent blood will spill. Fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare will devour this dark fantasy featuring a kickass heroine, enemies to lovers, treacherous Fae, and shmexy bad boys.♥ ***This is an upper YA/NA crossover best suited for ages 17+. The steaminess increases throughout the series***

Author : Nick Katsoris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970510006
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crimes of Fire written by Nick Katsoris and published by . This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ramsey Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965691680
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fire this Time written by Ramsey Clark and published by . This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on research conducted in more than 20 countries as well as eyewitness accounts, this book refutes the misinformation disseminated by corporate media and government sources about U.S. involvement in Iraq. Descriptions of war-torn Iraq during and after Operation Desert Storm illustrate the effect war crimes and violations of international law had on the Iraqi people; updated material examines how the people are still being affected more than a decade later. Analysis of the second Bush administration's use of the September 11 events to justify a new war against Iraq is included, as are letters to President Bush and the media.

Author : Monica Hesse
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631490524
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land written by Monica Hesse and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year One of Amazon’s 20 Best Books of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed, Bustle, NPR, NYLON, and Thrillist Finalist for the Goodreads Book Award (Nonfiction) Finalist for the Edgar Award (Best Fact Crime) A Book of the Month Club Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection “A brisk, captivating and expertly crafted reconstruction of a community living through a time of fear.... Masterful.” —Washington Post The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate—there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. “One of the year’s best and most unusual true-crime books” (Christian Science Monitor), American Fire brings to vivid life the reeling county of Accomack. “Ace reporter” (Entertainment Weekly) Monica Hesse spent years investigating the story, emerging with breathtaking portraits of the arsonists—troubled addict Charlie Smith and his girlfriend, Tonya Bundick. Tracing the shift in their relationship from true love to crime spree, Hesse also conjures the once-thriving coastal community, decimated by a punishing economy and increasingly suspicious of their neighbors as the culprits remained at large. Weaving the story into the history of arson in the United States, the critically acclaimed American Fire re-creates the anguished nights this quiet county lit up in flames, evoking a microcosm of rural America—a land half-gutted before the fires began.

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Publisher : FEMA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Attacking the Violent Crime of Arson; A Report on America's Fire Investigation Units written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of arson trends, investigation unit best practices, current state of the art and needs.

Author : David R. Redsicker
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439831998
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Fire and Arson Investigation written by David R. Redsicker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-10-10 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling second edition introduces new case studies to illustrate concepts explained in the text and includes information about eliminating accidental causes of fires and investigating fatal fires. Additional information on studies in bloodstain evidence found at fire scenes is presented as well. The book also addresses the National Fire Protection Association Standards 921, regarding proper fire investigation procedures, and NFPA Standards 1033, Fire Investigator Qualifications. The NFPA Standards are the recognized standards in the industry, and are essential information for all fire investigators, from rookies to veterans.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668008718
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Marquis
Publisher : LMH Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789768184955
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood and Fire written by John Marquis and published by LMH Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When news of Sir Harry Oakes' murder broke to the world on the morning of July, 8, 1943, one man was more concerned than most. He was the Duke of Windsor, then Governor of the British colony, whose job it was to ensure that the killer was caught and brought to justice. Although many believe the duke was a bungler, "Blood and Fire" points to evidence that he was a plotter with something to hide.

Author : Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504041518
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Lover written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hunt forthe most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century—in this Edgar Award–winning true crime story that’s “stranger than fiction” (The New York Times). From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the “Pillow Pyro,” led by one ambitious firefighter. Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized law enforcement. However, after being rejected by both the LAPD and LAFD, he settled for a position with the Glendale Fire Department. There, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of Southern California’s best-known and most respected arson investigators. But Orr led another, unseen life, one that included womanizing and an insatiable thirst for recognition. While Orr busted a slew of petty arsonists, there was one serial criminal he could not track down. Nothing was safe from the so-called Pillow Pyro’s obsession. Homes, retail stores, and fields of dry brush all went up in flames. His handiwork led to millions of dollars worth of property damage and the deaths of four innocent bystanders. But after years of evading the police, he made a mistake—one that would turn Orr’s life upside down. The Washington Post raves, “When [Joseph Wambaugh] talks about the culture of cops versus the culture of firemen, we get no speculation, only hard-earned details.” Based on meticulous research, interviews, case records, and thousands of pages of court transcripts, Fire Lover is Wambaugh at his best.