The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
979-8-216-36902-8 (ISBN)
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In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found in her car, stalled on the side of a road. 18-year-old Josh Kezer was arrested and charged for her murder—even though he was in a different state at the time, as proven by witnesses—and spent the next 16 years of his life in prison.
How was Josh imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit? Author Stephen R. Snodgrass expertly unveils the web of manipulation and corruption that led to Josh’s conviction. Everything that could go wrong in the American criminal justice system did, from witnesses who were coached by law enforcement to lie, to withheld exculpatory evidence, and an unscrupulous prosecutor knowingly using false, recanted testimony. Snodgrass draws on interviews with Josh himself, the research of Sheriff Rick Walter, the first responder to the scene, and his own legal analysis, to reveal the truth behind the case, the conviction, and the exoneration. This book is a timely, compassionate work of true crime that calls for better and more equitable justice for all.
Stephen R. Snodgrass has a JD from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in psychology from Johns Hopkins. Josh was his first innocence case, but he has since represented two more men wrongfully convicted of murder who have been freed, David Robinson, and Donald Nash. Along with the other two lawyers in the case, Snodgrass received the 2021 Missouri Lawyer of the Year Award for work on the Nash case. Joshua C. Kezer spent 16 years in prison as an innocent man. In 2009, he became the first man in the history of the state of Missouri to be given an Amrine actual innocence ruling. Since his exoneration and release, he's successfully assisted in the exonerations of other innocent men. Seeing parallels between wrongful incarceration and sex-trafficking as modern forms of slavery, Josh has also become involved in the fight to end sex-trafficking. His story has been featured on 48 hours Mystery, On the Case with Paula Zahn, The 700 Club, and on popular podcasts including The Lawless Files with Bob Miller and Crime Junky with Ashley Flowers. He currently resides in Columbia, Missouri with his adopted pitbull, King Titan. He can be found on Twitter as @joshkezer, Instagram as @josh_kezer, and Facebook as Josh Kezer.
Part I. The Murder
Chapter 1. The First Twenty-Four Hours
Chapter 2. The Initial Investigation
Chapter 3. Digging Deeper
Chapter 4. Getting Desperate to Charge Someone
Chapter 5. The Trail Runs Cold
Part II. The Arrest and Prosecution of Joshua Kezer
Chapter 6. Josh Kezer
Chapter 7. With Friends Like These
Chapter 8. The Defense
Chapter 9. The Trial
Part III. Behind the Walls
Chapter 10. Post-Trial Proceedings
Chapter 11. The Appeal
Chapter 12. Into the Lion's Den
Chapter 13. The Case Against Josh Begins to Fall Apart
Chapter 14. The Beginnings of Josh’s Exoneration
Part IV. Never Too Late
Chapter 15. The Habeas Corpus Investigation
Chapter 16. Habeas Corpus Preliminary Proceedings
Chapter 17. Depositions for the Habeas Hearing
Chapter 18. The Habeas Corpus Hearing
Chapter 19. Freedom
Part V. The Aftermath
Chapter 20. Josh Kezer
Chapter 21. Rick Walter
Chapter 22. The Lawless Family
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.11.2025 |
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| Co-Autor | Joshua C. Kezer |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 b/w photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-216-36902-8 / 9798216369028 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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