The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57

by John N. Maclean

Book Overview

When a jury returns to a packed courtroom to announce its verdict in a capital murder case every noise, even a scraped chair or an opening door, resonates like a high-tension cable snap. Spectators stop rustling in their seats; prosecution and defense lawyers and the accused stiffen into attitudes of wariness; and the judge looks on owlishly. In that atmosphere of heightened expectation the jury entered a Riverside County Superior Court room in southern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619022788
• ISBN13: 9781619022782
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"