When people are frightened, there's always a presumption of guilt if your face doesn't fit ...' In 1970 Howard Stamp, a retarded twenty-year-old, was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother in her Dorset home. Less than three years later he was dead, driven to suicide by self-hatred and relentless bullying by other prisoners. A fate befitting a murderer, perhaps, but what if he were innocent? More than a quarter of a century later, anthropologist and author Jonathan ...
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When people are frightened, there's always a presumption of guilt if your face doesn't fit ...' In 1970 Howard Stamp, a retarded twenty-year-old, was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother in her Dorset home. Less than three years later he was dead, driven to suicide by self-hatred and relentless bullying by other prisoners. A fate befitting a murderer, perhaps, but what if he were innocent? More than a quarter of a century later, anthropologist and author Jonathan Hughes re-examines Stamp's case for a book on injustice. His research leads him to believe that Stamp was wrongly convicted. But is the previously forgotten story of one friendless young man compelling enough to make Hughes leave his ivory tower in order to champion justice for someone he never knew? Under pressure from a local councillor, who lives on the street where Stamp's grandmother was killed, Hughes takes up his research again. George Gardener has been trying to bring Stamp's case to public attention for years and has unearthed new evidence that might exonerate him. But Gardener needs the young academic on board if it is to be us
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -In 1970 Harold Stamp a retarded twenty-year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother-the one person who understood and protected him Less than three years later he is dead driven to suicide by isolation and despair A fate befitting a murderer perhaps but what if he were innocent? Thirty years on Jonathan Hughes an anthropologist specialising in social stereotyping comes across the case by accident He finds alarming disparities in the evidence and has little doubt that Stamp`s conviction was a terrible miscarriage of justice But how far is Hughes prepared to go in the search for justice? Is the forgotten story of one friendless young man compelling enough to make him leave his books and face his own demons? And with what result? If Stamp didn`t murder Grace Jeffries then somebody else didand sleeping dogs are best left alone--> Genre: Crime Mystery-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2004 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Publisher`s Synopsis `The only factors that unite her works are her penchant for dark psychological perception; and their excellence` THE TIMES In 1970 Harold Stamp a retarded reclusive twenty year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother-the one person who understood and protected him. Less than three years later he is dead driven to suicide by isolation and despair. Jonathan Hughes an anthropologist specialising in social stereotyping is determined to re-examine this case. There were alarming disparities in the evidence and Hughes has little doubt that there has been a terrible miscarriage of justice. But there is also something else pushing this half-Iranian half-Libyan outsider to reach for the truth...This is more than a mere expose of corruption it is a dark tale of solitude and the relentless need to contain aberration and section evil. `Minette Walters has stormed her way into crime fiction. With her first three books she claimed the highest accolades the crime-writing world can bestow...A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know` SUNDAY EXPRESS-> the publisher of this HARDBACK book is Macmillan The date of this copy is 2003 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -In 1970 Harold Stamp a retarded reclusive 20 year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother-the one person who understood and protected him. Less than three years later he is dead driven to suicide by isolation and despair. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Macmillan The date of this copy is 2003 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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