Edward Humes
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Mean Justice: A Town's Terror, A Prosecutor's Power, A Betrayal of Innocence
Edward Humes
Deep in the heartland of California lies a city on the cutting edge of the nation’s war on crime. Besieged by spectacular crimes in which pillars of the community were accused of murder, rape and the most vile conspiracies, Bakersfield found its saviors in a band of bold and savvy prosecutors. They descended on the courthouse like avenging angels, winning their cases, forging sweeping new laws and creating one of the toughest towns on crime in America—a model for the rest of the country.
There is only one problem: The people who were arrested, tried and…
