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001 2008014401
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008 080411s2008 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008014401
020 $a9781595584014 (hc.)
020 $a1595584013 (hc.)
035 $a(OCoLC)225531738
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn225531738
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050 00 $aHV6534.N878$bW45 2008
082 00 $a364.152/3092$222
100 1 $aWells, Tom,$d1955-
245 14 $aThe wrong guys :$bmurder, false confessions, and the Norfolk Four /$cTom Wells and Richard A. Leo.
260 $aNew York :$bNew Press :$bDistributed by W.W. Norton,$c2008.
300 $axi, 342 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-330) and index.
520 $aOn July 8, 1997, nineteen-year-old sailor Billy Bosko returned to his home in Norfolk, Virginia, from a naval cruise to find his wife on the floor of their bedroom, raped and stabbed to death. In this story of justice gone awry, four innocent men separately confess to the heinous crime that none of them actually committed. Though the real perpetrator has since been convicted, three of the four remain in prison today, attesting to the powerful role confessions--even false ones--play in our criminal justice system, where they typically trump fact, reason, and common sense. Writer Wells and law professor Leo interweave a narrative covering the unfolding of the case with an exploration of topics ranging from coercive interrogation, police perjury ("testilying"), and prosecutorial politics, to the role of the death penalty in criminal law.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aDiscovery -- The neighbor -- "I did not kill Michelle" -- The roommate -- "Everybody had me believing that I was guilty" -- Number three -- Three more -- Tice -- "Scrappy" -- "Guess who did that?" -- "I would have told them I handed Oswald the gun" -- "You got nothing to say, right?" -- Heavy artillery.
600 10 $aBosko, Michelle,$dd.1997.
650 0 $aMurder$zVirginia$zNorfolk$vCase studies.
650 0 $aRape$zVirginia$zNorfolk$vCase studies.
650 0 $aMurder$xInvestigation$zVirginia$zNorfolk.
700 1 $aLeo, Richard A.,$d1963-