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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1555532411
ISBN-13: 9781555532413
Sep 1995
Publisher: New Amer Library
383 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
In 1954, when Sam Sheppard was seven years old, someone raped and beat to death his 31-year-old mother while he slept. Sam's father, Dr. Sam Sheppard, was accused, tried in what the Supreme Court later called a 'carnival', and convicted of the crime. Twelve years later, F. Lee Bailey appealed the case, and Dr. Sheppard was freed. The true culprit, however, was never found. This is the true story that inspired the movie and TV series "The Fugitive".
| Size | | Length: | 383 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
Just as the O.J. Simpson case is the trial of the 1990s, the Sam Sheppard case was the trial of the 1950s and 1960s. Because of pretrial publicity and the police department's sloppy investigation, Dr. Sheppard was convicted of murdering his wife, Marilyn. The police and the media never considered any other suspects in this case. Sheppard proclaimed his innocence and appealed his conviction. F. Lee Bailey, unknown at the time, took over the case when Sheppard's lawyer died and successfully argued for a new trial because of the pretrial publicity and the "rush to judgment" on the case. The Supreme Court decision set the standard for future trials and procedures. Cooper, a lawyer, and Sam Reese Sheppard, the doctor's only child and a death penalty opponent, present their case that Sam Sheppard was innocent and suggest others who were never investigated as possible suspects. Officially, the case on Marilyn Sheppard remains unsolved. The Cuyahoga County prosecutor is currently reviewing the facts in the case to determine whether it should be reopened. Expect demand because of the subject and increased demand should the case be reinvestigated. Strongly recommended for all libraries. Michael Sawyer, Clinton P.L., Ia.
Adams
In 1954, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, wife of a well-to-do osteopath in Bay Village, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, was murdered in her bed. Her husband, Sam, was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966; ruling that Sheppard was denied a fair trial because the judge failed to control the courtroom and prevent jury bias resulting from excessive press coverage. Sam was retried and found innocent. In this account, by lawyer-journalist Cooper and the victim's son, it becomes clear that a combination of inept police work, the falsification and suppression of evidence, a hysterical press, the carnival atmosphere of the courtroom and a hanging judge brought about a shocking miscarriage of justice. The second half of the book summarizes speculations about the actual murderer, concentrating on one Richard Eberling, a window washer in the community, who was subsequently convicted of another slaying. But the question must be raised: how many people care about the Sheppard case now, at a remove of 40 years? Photos not seen by PW. (Oct.)
Bernstein
A detailed and rigorous reexamination of the famous criminal case in which Cleveland osteopath Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of the 1954 murder of his wife, Marilyn, served ten years in prison, had the conviction overturned by the Supreme Court, and was retried (represented by F. Lee Bailey) and found not guilty. Co-author Sam Reese Sheppard is Dr. Sheppard's son. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Bowman
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