Making a Case for Innocence
True Stories of a Criminal Defense Investigator
by April Higuera
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Pub Date Sep 07 2016 | Archive Date May 29 2017
Description
TRUE CRIME THRILLER with a twist. Written first-hand by the actual investigator in DEFENSE of real people charged with murder.
A criminal justice system that is blind to some while embracing others for unconscious and unconscionable reasons.
Empowering, inspiring, evocative journey of a real-life seasoned
criminal defense investigator through guilt, innocence, and the court
system.
Entertaining personal stories and gritty details of real murders.
Throughout her true dark and gritty stories and commentary on the
legal system, April entertains us with wit and humor while describing
her personal and professional journey through the criminal justice
system as she helps defend otherwise average citizens who are accused of
heinous, violent crimes, and shares her best practices for uncovering
and laying out the evidence against the accused.
Her accounts are TRUE!
Read about these cases:
• Max Roybal: A wife’s jawbone is delivered in a Tupperware
container to a local TV station with a map to locate her remains.
•
Hope Schreiner: A 73-year-old grandmother is convicted of bludgeoning
her husband to death in their driveway with a potato hoe.
• Sedley Alley: The infamous rape-murder of a 19-year-old Marine cadet, who is the daughter of a U.S. Ambassador.
Advance Praise
“Through a series of case studies, written more in the style of short
stories than the sleep-inducing, dry academic speak of typical
post-case-analysis reports, Higuera takes the reader into the grit and
grime of murder and mayhem.”
– Hal Humphreys, Executive Editor of Pursuit Magazine
Experience an emotional roller coaster ride as April confronts the
corruption and ineptitude that plague our broken justice system,
unearthing the evidence that she hopes will set her clients free.
“April takes you on a backdoor ride of the unsung hero as the
investigator who deserves the credit for solving crimes and releasing
criminally charged innocent men. This book serves all folks involved in
the criminal justice system.”
– Mary Lou Wilson, Esq., Post-Conviction Attorney
“Every serious criminal justice major should read this book in order
to fully understand their ethical responsibility to their oath of
office, the devastating impact faulty investigative assumptions can
produce within the legal system, and how justice is truly administered
and served by tenacity and determination.”
– Jorey Krawczyn, U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780997994308 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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