The cadaver king and the country dentist : a true story of injustice in the American South
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New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
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9781610396912, 161039691X
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
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Book
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xxii, 391 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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9781610396912, 161039691X

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-391).
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"A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives. After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated in 2008. Meanwhile, the real killer remained free. [This book] recounts the story of how the criminal justice system allowed this to happen, and of how two men, Dr. Steven Hayne and Dr. Michael West, built successful careers on the back of that structure. For nearly two decades, Hayne, a medical examiner, performed the vast majority of Mississippi's autopsies, while his friend Dr. West, a local dentist, pitched himself as a forensic jack-of-all-trades. Together they became the go-to experts for prosecutors and helped put countless Mississippians in prison. But then some of those convictions began to fall apart. Here, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington tell the haunting story of how the courts and Mississippi's death investigation system--a relic of the Jim Crow era--failed to deliver justice for its citizens. The authors argue that bad forensics, structural racism, and institutional failures are at fault, raising sobering questions about our ability and willingness to address these crucial issues."--Dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Balko, R., & Carrington, T. (2018). The cadaver king and the country dentist: a true story of injustice in the American South (First edition.). PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Balko, Radley and Tucker Carrington. 2018. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South. PublicAffairs.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Balko, Radley and Tucker Carrington. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South PublicAffairs, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Balko, Radley,, and Tucker Carrington. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South First edition., PublicAffairs, 2018.

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