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The Brick Slayer by Harold Schechter
3.0
3.5 stars
Shortest of the bunch so far, but unpacks everything economically: the effects of police brutality in squeezing out a confession, the repercussions of an all-white jury when the defendant is black, the racist coverage of the case etc. When Nixon was executed, the killings stopped. That would indicate he was guilty, but considering the previously mentioned issues, it can never be fully confirmed.
Shortest of the bunch so far, but unpacks everything economically: the effects of police brutality in squeezing out a confession, the repercussions of an all-white jury when the defendant is black, the racist coverage of the case etc. When Nixon was executed, the killings stopped. That would indicate he was guilty, but considering the previously mentioned issues, it can never be fully confirmed.