A Call for Justice: A New England Town's Fight to Keep a Stone Cold Killer in Jail

by Denise Lang

When the law won't work, you have to work the law...

The murderer stalking the quiet town of Warwick, Rhode Island in the late summer of 1989 was an unrepentant psychopath--"a living, breathing killing machine," in the words of a Boston Globe columnist. He butchered a family in their home--not far from the site where he had killed another woman two years earlier--just for the thrill, it seemed, of watching them die. When...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380780771
• ISBN13: 9780380780778
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Justice served

An interesting read on how the law was used to keep a vicious predator in jail. Emotionally, I sided with the community and the state authories, however, the legal methods used to provide justice could easily be seen as railroading. While the crime committed by this young man was beyond brutal, and his guilt beyond doubt, given other circumstances an innocent person could be treated the same way and then it would be considered unjust and tragic. Chilling how a community and state were determined to protect others. This book is not about a typical juvenile killer.