Anatomy of Injustice A Murder Case Gone Wrong

In January 1982, en elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in a small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. The arrest and conviction of Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record is a textbook example of what can go wrong in the American justice system. With the exemplary moral commitment and tenacious investigation that have distinguished his reporting career, Raymond Bonner follows the efforts of a courageous young attorney, Dianna Holt, to save Elmore's life. -- from back cover.