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janey's review against another edition
3.0
Strangely, I found this book to drag. Maybe it has too many facts and too many cases. But not everyone can be [a:Bryan Stevenson|4396806|Bryan Stevenson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1416790038p2/4396806.jpg] or [a:David R. Dow|269321|David R. Dow|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
deb_o_rah's review against another edition
4.0
lots of information about corruption, abuse of the system, lack of accountability, and those that enable this thing to happen over and over again.
robbishreads's review against another edition
4.0
I don't think I needed the brutal description of what happened to those 3-year olds, but other than that, an excellent read.
It will definitely give the reader an eye for the how and why a justice system can become corrupt. It's not usually greed, or conspiracy, but idiocy and burden-shifting. Then come the other things. Mississippi, you were bad at your job.
Perhaps most shocking was how recently all of this happened, how poorly it was dealt with, and how likely that similar things are continuing to happen around the country.
A different sort of wake-up call than what you might find on your facebook feed, but certainly important.
It will definitely give the reader an eye for the how and why a justice system can become corrupt. It's not usually greed, or conspiracy, but idiocy and burden-shifting. Then come the other things. Mississippi, you were bad at your job.
Perhaps most shocking was how recently all of this happened, how poorly it was dealt with, and how likely that similar things are continuing to happen around the country.
A different sort of wake-up call than what you might find on your facebook feed, but certainly important.
nates_pages's review against another edition
4.0
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“There’s a good reason why stories about Southern injustice, cronyism, and good-ol’-boy politics inevitably come back to racism. And in this story too, there’s no question that Hayne and West thrived in a system that was created and homed during Jim Crow, and that for decades was used to reinforce the segregated social order. “
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This is an astonishing work of investigative journalism about a system that put two innocent men behind bars for a combined 30 years, with some that on death row. It examines the far reaching consequences of two “experts” gaming the same system. Despite scientific advancements that have put guilty violent criminals behind bars, forensic “experts” must be held accountable for playing a part in a historically rigged system. The Cadaver King is a sobering look at the fallibility of “justice” and the push to make it right.
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“There’s a good reason why stories about Southern injustice, cronyism, and good-ol’-boy politics inevitably come back to racism. And in this story too, there’s no question that Hayne and West thrived in a system that was created and homed during Jim Crow, and that for decades was used to reinforce the segregated social order. “
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This is an astonishing work of investigative journalism about a system that put two innocent men behind bars for a combined 30 years, with some that on death row. It examines the far reaching consequences of two “experts” gaming the same system. Despite scientific advancements that have put guilty violent criminals behind bars, forensic “experts” must be held accountable for playing a part in a historically rigged system. The Cadaver King is a sobering look at the fallibility of “justice” and the push to make it right.
catchinthrills's review against another edition
1.0
I REALLY wanted to get lost in this one, but it wasn’t the non-fiction I was looking for. This took a deep dive into the history of coroners and held a focus on the unjustness of the system, specifically in Mississippi, rather than focusing ind the individuals in the title. In a week, I couldn’t finish… I couldn’t even get 25% of the way. Maybe it got better, but it sure took too long for me to find out.
maggiecarr's review against another edition
4.0
I wasn't planning on adding more titles to my "Wait! What?" themed Book Bites with Maggie virtual program that's coming up by this book 100% fits the bill. Fairly certain I read it in it's entirety gritting my teeth. The level of narcissistic behavior of these men is appalling and literally has me feeling any type of real justice for those found behind bars isn't possible for the wrongly accused. This one is going to stay with me a very, very long time.
megan_rang's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting and a little sad about what takes place in our not so distant history.
achedglin's review against another edition
4.0
A thoroughly research expose into the fundamentally broken death investigation system is Mississippi (worse, though indicative, of America's in general). Steven Hayne and Michael West are pilloried, and rightly so, but for everybody who doesn't care, or didn't know, how bad this system is contributes to it, by not holding our leaders accountable. Hopefully this book goes a way to help change that. The book itself can be meaty, and some themes repeat, but it's readable enough to consume and digest.