The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington with John Grisham (Contributor)

402 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative reflective slow-paced

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After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exoner...

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informative 89%
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tense 24%
mysterious 5%
inspiring 2%

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