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The murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless : an honest sheriff and the exoneration of an innocent man / Stephen R. Snodgrass with Joshua C. Kezer.
"In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found in her car, stalled on the side of a road. 18-year-old Josh Kezer was arrested and charged for her murder--even though he was in a different state at the time, as proven by witnesses--and spent the next 16 years of his life in prison. How was Josh imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit? The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless by Stephen R. Snodgrass with Joshua C. Kezer expertly unveils the web of manipulation and corruption that led to Josh's conviction. Everything that could go wrong in the American criminal justice system did, from snitch witnesses who were coached by law enforcement to lie, to withheld exculpatory evidence, and an unscrupulous prosecutor knowingly using false testimony that had been recanted. Kezer was convicted and sent to live out the remainder of his life in violent Missouri prisons until a part-time deputy who was at the murder scene was elected Sheriff of Scott County and quietly reopened the investigation and has continued his quest to find the real killer. Snodgrass draws on interviews with Josh himself, the research of Sheriff Rick Walter, the first responder to the scene who later went on to reinvestigate Lawless's murder and testify on Josh's behalf at his habeas corpus hearing, and his own legal analysis, to reveal the truth behind the case, the conviction, and Josh's exoneration." -- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538172063
- ISBN: 1538172062
- Physical Description: xv, 292 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. I. The murder -- The first 24 hours -- The initial investigation -- Digging deeper -- Getting desperate to charge someone -- The trail runs cold -- pt. II. The arrest and prosecution of Joshua Kezer -- Josh Kezer -- With friends like these -- The defense -- The trial -- pt. III. Behind the walls -- Posttrial proceedings -- The appeal -- Into the lion's den -- The case against Josh begins to fall apart -- The beginning's of Josh's exoneration -- pt. IV. Never too late -- The habeas corpus investigation -- Habeas corpus preliminary proceedings -- Depositions for the habeas hearing -- The habeas corpus hearing -- Freedom -- pt. V. The aftermath -- Josh Kezer -- Rick Walter -- The Lawless family. |
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| Genre: | Informational works. True crime stories. Case studies. |
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| Sikeston Public Library | 364.1523 Sn5 (Text) | 34140000065141 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Sikeston Public Library | 364.1523 Sn5 (Text) | 34140000065142 | Non-Fiction | Checked out | 03/20/2024 |
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