The Whole Truth?: A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558491663)

On May 13, 1988, Stephen Roy Carr, a so-called mountain man living in Michaux State Forest in south central Pennsylvania, shot two female hikers while they were making love at a campsite near the Appalachian Trail. Rebecca Wight died at the scene. Claudia Brenner, despite five bullet wounds, survived to testify against her attacker.
In this book, H. L. Pohlman reconstructs the dramatic story of this murder case and traces its disposition through the criminal justice system. Drawing on interviews with participants as well as court records, he closely examines competing interpretations of the evidence. Was the attack a hate crime? A sex crime? A class crime? At the same time, he shows how a broad range of substantive and procedural issues--from the rights of the accused to evaluation of potential mitigating circumstances--can influence the assessment of culpability in homicide cases.

Author: H. Pohlman, H. L. Pohlman
ISBN-10: 155849166X
ISBN-13: 9781558491663
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 02/26/1999
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/1999 pg. 949
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2000 pg. 37 - Recommended/Special Interest