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041    eng 
082 04 347/.012|223 
092 0  347|bengelska 
100 1  Gardner, Erle Stanley,|d1889-1970,|eauthor 
245 14 The court of last resort /|cErle Stanley Gardner 
264  1 New York, NY|bOpen Road Media,|c2017 
264  4 |c©1954 
300    vi, 333 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "The true story of a team of crime experts who fought to 
       save the wrongfully convicted"-Cover 
520    "In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author 
       of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an 
       overwhelmed California public defender who believed his 
       doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had 
       been convicted of the rape and murder of a young girl 
       along the banks of the Yuba River, and was awaiting 
       execution at San Quentin. After reviewing his case, 
       Gardner agreed to help-- it seemed the fate of the "Red-
       Headed Killer" hinged on the testimony of a colorblind 
       witness. Gardner's intervention sparked the Court of Last 
       Resort. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious 
       and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to 
       investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful 
       convictions owing to poor legal representation, 
       prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench 
       corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-
       evidence testimony. The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, 
       and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and 
       vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life 
       sentences or death row with only one hope-- the devotion 
       of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort"--
       Back cover 
534    |pOriginally published :|cNew York : Pocket Books, 1954 
650  0 Criminal investigation|zUnited States 
650  0 Evidence, Criminal|zUnited States 
650  0 Trials (Murder)|zUnited States 
650  7 Bevis (juridik)|2sao 
650  7 Brottsutredning|2sao 
650  7 Rättegång|2sao 
650  7 Criminal investigation.|2fast 
650  7 Evidence, Criminal.|2fast 
650  7 Trials (Murder)|2fast 
651  7 United States 
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