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The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD
She said she was raped.
Police said she lied.
She was made to retract the report – but the nightmare only got worse.
On 11 August 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man
had broken into her home and raped her. Within days, police – and even
those closest to Marie – became suspicious of her story. Confronted by
these minor inconsistencies and doubt, Marie broke down and said her
story was a lie. The police charged her with making a false report.
Two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to a
case of sexual assault. It bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had
taken place months earlier in a nearby town. Joining forces with the
detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, the two soon discovered they
were dealing with a serial rapist. As their investigation deepened, it
became clear that numerous police departments had extremely similar
cases on their hands – and that Marie's story bore an eerie resemblance
to the cases they were investigating.
Unbelievable is a chilling tale of doubt, lies, and the hunt for
justice, unveiling the disturbing reality of how sexual assault is
investigated and the long history of scepticism toward its victims.
It was supposed to be quick and easy. The Bush Administration even
promised that it wouldn't cost American taxpayers a thing - Iraqi
oil revenues would pay for it all. But billions and billions of
dollars and thousands of lives later, the Iraqi reconstruction is
an undeniable failure. Iraq pumps out less oil now than it did
under Saddam. At best, Iraqis average all of twelve hours a day of
electricity. American soldiers lack body armour and adequate
protection for their motor vehicles. Increasingly worse off, Iraqis
turn against us. Increasingly worse off, our troops are killed by a
strengthening insurgency. As T. Christian Miller reveals in this
searing and timely book, the Bush Administration has fatally
undermined the war effort and our soldiers by handing out mountains
of cash not to the best companies for the reconstruction effort,
but to buddies, cronies, relatives and political hacks - some of
whom have simply taken the money and run with it.
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