Books like Mockery of justice by Cynthia L. Cooper

xv, 350 pages ; 24 cm

A gripping true-crime account of the 1986 Howard Beach hate-murder in Queens, detailing the investigation, trial, and the relentless pursuit of justice by Special Prosecutor Charles J. Hynes.

A Philadelphia schoolteacher and her two children were brutally murdered, allegedly as part of an insurance fraud plot.

In 1921, John S. Williams’s Georgia plantation, still run by enslaved labor, becomes the site of a chilling federal investigation after the governor orders the destruction of evidence. The case, involving the murder of slaves and a trial that captured national attention, marks a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.

A gripping nonfiction account of LAPD officer Bill Leasure, whose crimes expose police corruption in Los Angeles, revealed through exclusive jail‑cell interviews conducted by Pulitzer‑winning journalist Edward Humes.

A true‑crime account of a teenage girl who, driven by adolescent turmoil and abuse, plots to murder her mother with the aid of an obsessed boyfriend.

The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case

Final Analysis traces the brutal murder trial of Susan Polk, a Northern California housewife arrested for killing her husband Felix, unpacking their decades‑long, abusive relationship and the meticulous police investigation that led to her conviction.

The Wrong Man traces the 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard, uncovering how Dr. Sam Sheppard was wrongfully charged and revealing new evidence that identifies the true killer.

Robert L. Shapiro recounts his role as lead defense counsel in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, revealing strategy, legal tactics, and personal challenges while examining the facts and ethics that shaped one of America’s most watched cases.

A gripping legal thriller about a prosecutor's quest for justice after a brutal murder in Washington, D.C.

A true‑crime account of the shocking 1990 murder of Gregg Smart and the subsequent trial that rattled the United States, revealing a twisted motive involving a teenage accomplice.

In 1982, a sensational murder trial in Phoenix, Arizona, reverberated throughout the legal community. Restaurateur Steven Steinberg, who killed his wife by stabbing her 26 times, was acquitted; his legal defense portrayed the victim as an overpowering Jewish American Princess whose excesses may have provoked her violent end. Examining the structure of the defense's case, Frondorf, an attorney who was previously a psychiatric social worker, follows the theme that made Elana Steinberg the villain, instead of the victim, of the piece. The defense's forensic presentation, bolstered by testimony from psychiatrists, maintained that Steinberg committed the crime while sleepwalking, an abnormality allegedly brought on by the intemperate spending of his wife. Frondorf recreates the trial whose outcome scarred the tightly knit Jewish community of Phoenix.