{"product_id":"justice-on-fire-j-patrick-oconnor-9780700626717","title":"Justice on Fire: The Kansas City Firefighters Case and the Railroading of the Marlborough Five","description":"On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city's firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O'Connor, the facts--or a lack of them--didn't add up. \u003ci\u003eJustice on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is O'Connor's detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters' deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustice on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e describes a misguided eight-year investigation propelled by an overzealous Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent keen to retire; a mistake-riddled case conducted by a combative assistant US attorney willing to use compromised \"snitch\" witnesses and unwilling to admit contrary evidence; and a sentence of life without parole pronounced by a prosecution-favoring judge. In short, an abuse of government power and a travesty of justice. O'Connor's own investigation, which uncovered evidence of witness tampering, intimidation, and prosecutorial misconduct, helped give rise to a front-page series of articles in the \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e--only to prompt a whitewashing inquiry by the Department of Justice that exonerated the lead ATF agent and named other possible perpetrators who remain unidentified and unindicted. O'Connor extends his scrutiny to this cover-up and arrives at a startling conclusion suggesting that the case of the Marlborough Five is far from closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJournalists are not supposed to make the news. But faced with a gross injustice, and seeing no other remedy, O'Connor felt he must step in. \u003ci\u003eJustice on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is such an intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Patrick O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700626719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700626717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"J. Patrick O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981127844095,"sku":"9780700626717","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d960e49-c1c9-47e6-8482-bdd5ff730f04.jpg?v=1683253809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/justice-on-fire-j-patrick-oconnor-9780700626717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}