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| Summary |
New York Times bestselling author and renowned prosecuting attorney Robert K. Tanenbaum provides the first insider's account of the historic Wylie-Hoffert case, from the shocking double-murder to the wrenching interrogation of an innocent young man, and the heroic Assistant District Attorney who risked everything to unravel a disgraceful injustice. Here is a gripping chronicle of the unnerving crime that led to the Miranda Rights, and of the courageous stand that forever reformed the American justice system.It was a muggy summer day in New York when Janice Wylie and Emily Hoffert were raped and murdered in their apartment on Manhattan's fashionable Upper East Side. Months passed as their families grieved the unthinkable and a shaken city awaited answers. Finally, Brooklyn police arrested George Whitmore, Jr., a nineteen-year-old with an I.Q. of less than 70. But his incarceration would ultimately entail a host of shocking law enforcement missteps and... |
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Wylie, Janice, 1942-1963.
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Hoffert, Emily, -1963.
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Murder -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Women employees -- Crimes against -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Judicial error -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Crime scenes -- New York (State) -- New York.
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True crime stories.
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| ISBN |
9780786034949 (electronic bk) |
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