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Rude Awakening
(Hardcover)
Sheree Ann Martines, John Robert Whedbee
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On November 21, 1992, Thomas Monfils, an employee at the James
River paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, disappeared. After an
intensive search, his body was found the next evening, submerged in
a pulp vat. The police called it murder. In 1995, six of Monfils'
coworkers were wrongfully convicted of his death, the result of a
preordained theory and a reckless prosecution.
Highly detailed and meticulously researched, "The Monfils
Conspiracy" reveals the true story of a botched case that landed
six innocent men in prison. Through extensive interviews, court
documents, police reports, and other documentation, Denis
Gullickson and John Gaie present a powerful look at the troubling
events surrounding the death of Thomas Monfils and the
mistake-riddled investigation that followed.
Gullickson and Gaie trace the futile twenty-nine month
investigation between the time of Monfils' death and the
conviction, one pock-marked with dead end leads and overlooked
evidence. Using solid facts, they lay bare the weaknesses,
inconsistencies, and secrets in the prosecution's case and the
jury's erroneous rush to judgment. As recently as 2001, a federal
judge ordered the release of one of the men, citing a lack of
evidence, and further suggesting the original proof as unsound.
Fifteen years after Monfils' death and a dozen years after his
coworkers' convictions, "The Monfils Conspiracy" shatters the myths
surrounding this case and opens the door to justice-and the
truth.
"Stephen Senise's... newly published study of the case, offers the
most important clue not just as to whodunit, but why." TIMES OF
ISRAEL "fascinating" - Gareth Williams, editor RIPPEROLOGIST, The
Journal Of Jack The Ripper, East End & Victorian Studies
"remarkable" - APN NEWS & MEDIA, Australia "painstaking
research" - JEWISH CHRONICLE, London Did Jack The Ripper flee
London for the colony of New South Wales at the height of the
world's most notorious serial-murder rampage? Was the deadly attack
on Alice McKenzie in 1889 his last bid in pursuit of what was, not
just a brazen killing spree, but a macabre, politically motivated
publicity stunt? Is it conceivable that a maniac took it upon
himself to try and shut down the flow of Jewish refugees spilling
into London's East End, just as the area was being thrust into the
political spotlight? Journalist Stephen Senise, explores these
questions and the neighbourhoods of old Whitechapel to discover
that by February 1888 community tensions were so high that two
parliamentary select committees of investigation were dispatched to
advise the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the social
and industrial tensions tearing a community apart. Enter an
opportunist hell-bent on broadcasting a hateful message... a
madman, ready to unleash an 'Autumn of Terror'.
Brighton in the 1870s is a popular tourist destination, but when
little Sidney Barker dies mysteriously from Strychnine-poisoned
chocolates the town is thrown into panic. Could it have been an
accident or is someone out to harm Brighton? When more children
start being poisoned by packets of sweets they find lying about the
town and strange parcels of arsenic-laced cakes are sent to
prominent Brighton residents the police step up the search for a
serial poisoner. Who is determined to take revenge on the town?
Brighton policeman, Inspector Gibbs, finds himself on the toughest
case he has ever faced with what at first appears to be a
motiveless crime, but as he delves into the lives of the victims he
realises there is cold calculation behind the poisonings. His hunt
takes him into the dark side of middle-class poverty, family
insanity, and the Victorian obsession with sex and scandal.
_____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION _____________ 'John le Carre
demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified
intelligence gathering itself' - Financial Times 'Uplifting . . .
Riveting . . . What will fire people through these pages, gripped,
is the focused, and extraordinary investigations that Bellingcat
runs . . . Each runs as if the concluding chapter of a Holmesian
whodunit' - Telegraph 'We Are Bellingcat is Higgins's gripping
account of how he reinvented reporting for the internet age . . . A
manifesto for optimism in a dark age' - Luke Harding, Observer
_____________ How did a collective of self-taught internet sleuths
end up solving some of the biggest crimes of our time? Bellingcat,
the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think
about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder -
a high-school dropout on a kitchen laptop - tells the story of how
they created a whole new category of information-gathering,
galvanising citizen journalists across the globe to expose war
crimes and pick apart disinformation, using just their computers.
From the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over the Ukraine to the
sourcing of weapons in the Syrian Civil War and the identification
of the Salisbury poisoners, We Are Bellingcat digs deep into some
of Bellingcat's most successful investigations. It explores the
most cutting-edge tools for analysing data, from virtual-reality
software that can build photorealistic 3D models of a crime scene,
to apps that can identify exactly what time of day a photograph was
taken. In our age of uncertain truths, Bellingcat is what the world
needs right now - an intelligence agency by the people, for the
people.
As the digital world assumes an ever-increasing role in the daily
life of the public, opportunities to engage in crimes increase as
well. The consequences of cyber aggression can range from emotional
and psychological distress to death by suicide or homicide. Cyber
Harassment and Policy Reform in the Digital Age: Emerging Research
and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines
cyber aggression and bullying and policy changes to combat this new
form of crime. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such
as anti-bullying programs, cyberstalking, and social exclusion,
this book is geared towards academicians, researchers, policy
makers, and students seeking current research on cyberstalking,
harassment, and bullying.
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