A few months later Jones persuaded the same grand jury to indict Edward Lee Elmore, a23-year-old black man, for the murder of Dorothy Edwards, a 75-year-old white woman. Shewas found inside her bedroom closet, bruised and repeatedly stabbed. Mr Elmore wassentenced to death less than 90 days later. This grim case is the subject of Anatomy ofInjustice, a gripping and enraging book from Raymond Bonner, a veteran investigativejournalist at the New York Times.Mr Elmore would spend 27 years on death row, despitestrong circumstantial evidence suggesting that he did not commit the crime. His capitalsentence was ultimately overturned thanks to the tireless efforts of Diana Holt, his lawyerand the book s hero, who spent more than a decade seeking justice on his behalf.
几个月之后Jones说服这相同的大陪审团起诉 Edward Lee Elmore,一个23岁的黑人谋杀一位75岁的白人妇女Dorothy Edwards。她是在自己的卧室衣橱被发现的,身上青肿并被刺了很多刀。Elmore先生在90天内就被判处死刑。这个残酷的例子就是《不公正的剖析》这本书的主题,这本吸引人的书是一位纽约时报资深调查资讯记者雷蒙德邦纳写的。尽管大量的间接推测都表明Elmore先生并没有犯罪,但他也将在死刑房耗尽27年。他死刑的罪状最终在戴安娜霍尔特的不懈努力下推翻了,戴安娜霍尔特是他的律师也是这本书的主人翁,他花费了10多年的时间为Elmore 声张正义。
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