Marquis is accused of involvement in the murder of a man from a rival neighborhood. Darren has been found guilty of murdering a gas station attendant. Charles has been charged with the murder of a homeless teenage girl. All three men are facing the death penalty in California. A passionate account, this book follows an Australian-born private investigator as she attempts to save these men's lives. A journey from genteel, middle-class Adelaide, Australia, to the ghettos and prisons of the United States, this is also an insider's view of the U.S. justice system and the injustices it often commits.
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California P.I.
Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authorās note
- Introduction: āThe Alcatraz of the Rockiesā
- 1 The apprentice
- 2 PI training
- 3 Asking the right question
- 4 Cruel and unusual punishment
- 5 Death penalty case
- 6 Marquisās story
- 7 Two trials
- 8 Post-conviction work
- 9 Jurors
- 10 LWOP: Life without the possibility of parole
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements