Mez: Odd Bods (5#) -

Meredith Kercher Murder Case -

Would you believe . . .
somewhere out there is a message board
where folks are still debating the case of Jack the Ripper!

With the advent of the Internet's widespread popularity, many prominent crime cases in the news attract people who follow the progress of the situation, post the latest developments and discuss what significance they may have.

But even before the Internet Era, over the years there have been some crime cases which have attracted controversy.

Back in the early 1960's, Caryl Chessman became a cause célèbre for the movement to ban capital punishment. Then, in the 1980's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted in the 1981 murder of a police officer in Philadelphia, became a lightening rod kind of cultural figure.

Although the contemporary Kercher murder case may have become one of the more controversial cases, it is not unique in terms of young people within a sordid context. It was preceded by the so-called Preppie Murder Case of 1986, which was associated with a "rough sex" defense.

:: Another excerpt from Barbie Nadeau's book Angel Face has been posted at The Daily Beast which focuses on: Knox's Strange Behavior.

:: and Transcript of a Reader Chat ::

Linda Fairstein has given the book a good blurb!

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