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Description of  The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless: An Honest Sheriff and the Exoneration of an Innocent Man

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 murdereven though he was in a different state at the time, as proven by witnessesand spent the next 16 years of his life in prison. How was Josh imprisoned for a crime he didnt commit? Author Stephen R. Snodgrass expertly unveils the web of manipulation and corruption that led to Joshs 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. Read more