A Call for Justice
A Call for Justice : A New England Town's Fight To Keep A Stone Cold Killer In Jail Denise Lang,
Publisher: Avon
ISBN: 0380780771
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 2000-04-01
Summary:
When the law won't work, you have to work the law...The murderer
stalking the quiet town of Warwick, Rhode Island in the late summer
of 1989 was an unrepentant psychopath--"a living, breathing killing
machine," in the words of a Boston Globe columnist. He butchered a
family in their home--not far from the site where he had killed
another woman two years earlier--just for the thrill, it seemed, of
watching them die. When Craig Price was apprehended by police two
weeks later, he grinned cheerfully and confessed to the crimes. He
was tried and convicted, but sentenced to a mere five years
imprisonment--the maximum penalty allowed by law. At the age of
twenty-one he would be sent back to the streets and no one doubted he
would kill again...unless drastic measures were taken.A Call for
Justice is the gripping true story of how a cop willing to put his
career on the line, members of the victims' families, and other
enraged citizens banded together and dedicated years of their lives
to keeping a remorseless young killer behind bars. They would gain
national media attention, enlist the aid of Rhode Island's attorney
general, and even capture the ear of the President of the United
States. Theirs is a cautionary tale of a flawed legal system
ill-equipped to dispense true justice--and of a community's
determination to see justice done, even if it meant twisting the law
until it worked.When the law won't work, you have to work the
law...The murderer stalking the quiet town of Warwick, Rhode Island
in the late summer of 1989 was an unrepentant psychopath---"a living,
breathing killing machine," in the words of a Boston Globe columnist.
He butchered a family in their home---not far from the site where he
had killed another woman two years earlier---just for the thrill, it
seemed, of watching them die. When Craig Price was apprehended by
police two weeks later, he grinned cheerfully and confessed to the
crimes. He was tried and convicted, but sentenced to a mere five
years imprisonment---the maximum penalty allowed by law. At the age
of twenty-one he would be sent back to the streets and no one doubted
he would kill again...unless drastic measures were taken.
Book Details:
Physical Description: 352 pages
Edition Info: Mass Market Paperback; 2000-04-01
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