Alcatraz Justice: The Rock's Most Famous Murder Trial

Author: Ernest B. Lageson Jr. List Price: $15.95 You save: USD 0.00 (0%) Buy new: $15.95 Buy used: $6.95 Avg.Rating: ( reviews) Sales rank: 727610 Qty: 27 in stock Media: Edition: Reading Level: Pages: 337 Number Of Items: Shipping Weight (lbs): 130 Dimensions (in): 600 x 880 x 100 ISBN: 0887394086 EAN: 9780887394089 ASIN: 0887394086 Publication Date: 2002-05 Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item.

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In May of 1946, Alcatraz was rocked by the most sensational and bloody escape attempt in the island’s history. Six convicts obtained guns and took nine guards hostage, one of whom was the author’s father. Before the uprising was quelled, two guards and three prisoners lay dead and fifteen officers had been wounded. Alcatraz Justice chronicles the trial that followed. Drawing from his background as a litigation attorney with thirty-five years of jury trial experience, Ernest Lageson gives life to the drama played out by the four principal lawyers.

The trial came to have almost as much drama as the crime. Sitting on the bench was a judge who, it could be argued, was prejudicial to the prosecution, and who berated one young defense attorney mercilessly in front of the jury. The most experienced of the defense team was ill-prepared and self-aggrandizing with the press. One of the defendants was severely mentally challenged who also had been diagnosed schizophrenic. In a dramatic, four week courtroom battle, the surviving insurgents were found guilty of first-degree murder. This book gives frank and disturbing insight into our criminal justice system.