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Bringing Ben home : a murder, a conviction, and the fight to redeem American justice

Bringing Ben home : a murder, a conviction, and the fight to redeem American justice

Book 2024

"In 1989, Ben Spencer was convicted of murdering businessman Jeffrey Young-a crime he didn't commit. Spencer to spent more than half his life in prison until independent investigators, the foreman of the jury that convicted him, and a new district attorney convinced a judge that Spencer had nothing to do with the killing. He was released from prison in 2022. Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty spent years immersed in Spencer's case. She combed pol...