A Perversion of Justice: A Southern Tragedy of Murder, Lies, and Innocence Betrayed

by Kathryn Medico and Mollye Barrows

Book Overview

A startling look inside one of the most fascinating cases of last year--the murder of Terry King, the conviction of his 12 and 13-year old sons, and the pedophile who was accused of being an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739443283
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 8.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

Leaving me shocked, disturbed, enraged and at times in tears over the brutal way Alex and Derek were treated, I really think we should all applaud the step Kathryn Medico and Mollye Barrows have taken in writing this book. There is no doubt in my mind that a Perversion of Justice occurred from the very beginning and I am personally horrified that we live in a society where a prosecutor can take a man to trial for murder and not even try to get a conviction and I'm further horrified that a young child can be forced to testify in open court and in handcuffs at the murder trial of a man accused of molesting him.Regardless of who committed this crime, the fact is that the system failed these young boys miserably and it's only time someone take responsibility for fixing this broken system and Mollye and Kathryn's book is a good first start.I strongly recommend anyone who cares about justice in America to read this book.

Persion of Justice

I thought this book was fantastic. I am from Pensacola, Fl where this book takes place and have had experience with the way the Investigators handle things down there. I was molested for years by my step father and when I went to press charges at 14, I was treated like the criminal and not believed. Even put into a little trap to see if I was making the story up, or maybe I just liked the attention and wanted the abuse. I think Pensacola needs to stat deciding to care for the children and not their own careers. This book definetly makes you understand how these kids were found guilty, when they were already treated as guilty even before they went to trial.

Best book I've ever read!

Congratulations to Kathryn and Mollye for standing up for what's right even when it seemed that everyone you talked to "just knew" what happened. This book is so revealing, in that it will open the eyes of anyone who reads it to the truth and yet allows the reader to make his/her own conclusion. It simply gives us the facts that no one heard in the trial. Kathryn does an excellent job of explaining everything so that no one is left confused with techniqual court terms. Thank you sooo much Kathryn for this book, and if you do not have a copy of this , I suggest that you run to the bookstore and snatch it up!

Hopefully a wake up call to our juvenile care & legal system

This outstanding book transports the reader to another realm... one full of injustice, negligence, and profound sadness. Poor Alex and Derek never stood a chance against the adults that abandoned, neglected, and abused them. You would think that the juvenile/legal system would be there for them! Instead they swung the hammer that sealed their fate, condemning them for their juvenile ignorance instead of helping them overcome the trials they faced due to the perverse, dishonest actions of adults.I thank Kathryn Medico and Mollye Barrows for their in-depth investigation of this travesty. If not for their efforts to uncover the truth, this story may have never come to light.

A Perversion of Justice - Review

Kathryn Medico and Mollye Barrows, authors of "A Perversion of Justice", produced an outstanding book about the Terry King murder case in Pensacola and how the Florida justice system destroys the victim's sons. The story tells of two young brothers and how they were betrayed not only by a justice system, functioning in the dark ages, that should have protected them, but also by a family friend, who turns out to be a convicted pedophile wanting to steal them away from their single parent father and then who finally uses them as sacrificial lambs in the pit that he dug. If you believe in trying children in adult court, reading this book should change your mind. When you understand what these children had to endure at the hands of the prosecutor, even when the prosecutor was their advocate in a molestation trial and his rolling the cold stone of his office over them, will turn your head in disgust. A wise judge once said that a proper sentence has both justice and compassion in it. For the King boys there was neither justice nor was there compassion from either the judge or the prosecutor. To all, I recommend that you read this book. But I also recommend this book should be mandatory reading by Florida's Governor, Florida's Legislators, and the Florida Bar Association. You will get an eye opener. Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him