Injustice Town: A Corrupt City, A Wrongly Convicted Man, And A Struggle For Freedom

Yet Another Maddening, Frustrating, Overwhelming, Outrageous, And Unbelievable Story Of Corrupt Justice In America. This One, Though, Is Handled By Rick Tulsky, A Dogged Investigator, Journalist, Lawyer, Advocate, And Gifted Writer.John Grisham, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Firm And Framedthe Powerful Story Of A Falsely Imprisoned Man And A Sweeping Indictment Of A City And The Criminal Justice System By A PulitzerPrize Winning Journalist.A Tour De Force Of Reporting And Revelation: It Is The Best Expose Of Corruption I Have Ever Read. Anybody Who Cares About What Is Happening In America Should Read It.Buzz Bissinger, Author Of Friday Night Lights And The Mosquito Bowlwhen The Bodies Of Two Black Men Were Found Sitting With A Crackpipe In A Parked Car In A Rundown Section Of Town In 1994, It Seemed Just Another Day In Kansas City, Kansas. The Swift Arrest And Conviction Of A SeventeenYearOld Black Kid From A Broken Home Raised No Eyebrows Either.And Yet, Thirty Years Later, Lamonte Mcintyre Would Prove To Be The David That Took Down The Goliath Of Corruption That Had Long Controlled The CityS Power Structure And Enveloped The CityS Justice Systembut The Effort To Prove LamonteS Innocence Opened A PandoraS Box. Before It Was Over, The Fight To Win LamonteS Exoneration Exposed Corrupt Police And Prosecutors, Incompetent CourtAppointed Defense Lawyers, And A Judge Who Violated Ethical Standards By His Secret Past Relationship With The Prosecutor, Whom He Favored In His Rulings.Injustice Town Follows LamonteS Case From Its Harrowing Beginning To Its Triumphant End And Beyond, Including The Legal Tsunami That Came In Its Wake, That Engulfed Prosecutors, Attorneys, And Judges. Most Shockingly, The Lead Cop On The Case Was Indicted By The Department Of Justice For The Widespread Abuses He Had Committed Years Earlier On Women In The Black Community Of Kansas City Kansas. Abuses Documented By LamonteS Team. The Criminal Case Ended, Literally, With A Bang, Denying Lamonte And Those Whom The Detective Hurt, The Chance For Them To Seek Their Own Justice.Rick Tulsky, A Pulitzer PrizeWinning Journalist, Goes Beyond The Courthouse, Exposing The Ways In Which Corruption Flourished For Decades In An Erstwhile Quiet Midwest Town, A Town Once Dedicated To Justice And Equality.A Lawyer By Training As Well As A Reporter, TulskyS Narrative Not Only Brings LamonteS Story To Vivid Life, It Will Empower Cities, Counties, States, And Everyday Citizens With A Blueprint For Equal Justice. At A Time When The Federal Government Is Abdicating Its Responsibility For Demanding Fairness And Justice, It Is Up To States, Local Governments, And We The People Look To Ways They Can Act. Vivid And Unforgettable, Injustice Town Tells The Story Of One Man And Shows Us A Vision Of What A Better Future Could Be.Among The Most Vicious And Systemic Civil Rights Train Wrecks In An American City.Barry Scheck, Cofounder Of The Innocence Project