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Oklahoma's Atticus, an innocent man and the lawyer who fought for him, Hunter Howe Cates

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Oklahoma's Atticus, an innocent man and the lawyer who fought for him, Hunter Howe Cates

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oklahoma's Atticus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1086487617

Responsibility statement

Hunter Howe Cates

Sub title

an innocent man and the lawyer who fought for him

Summary

"Hunter Howe Cates explores his grandfather's story, both a true-crime murder mystery and a legal thriller. 'Oklahoma's Atticus' is full of colorful characters, from the seventy-two-year-old mystic who correctly predicted where the body was buried, to the Kansas City police sergeant who founded one of America's most advanced forensics labs and pioneered the use of lie detector evidence, to the ambitious assistant county attorney who would rise to become the future governor of Oklahoma. At the same time, it is a story that explores issues that still divide our nation: police brutality and corruption; the effects of poverty, inequality, and racism in criminal justice; the power of the media to drive and shape public opinion; and the primacy of the presumption of innocence."--Book jacket

Table Of Contents

The forgotten city -- Magic city -- Little girl lost -- Manhunt -- Killer -- Confession -- The believer -- Boyhood -- A line in the sand -- Changing the conversation -- The strain -- A fishing expedition -- The alibi -- The lie detector -- A jury of his peers -- The prosecution -- The defense -- The final testimony -- The verdict -- Epilogue -- Afterword : who killed Phyllis Jean Warren?

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