{"product_id":"justice-on-fire-the-kansas-city-firefighters-case-and-the-railroading-of-the-marlborough-five-9780700626717","title":"Justice on Fire: The Kansas City Firefighters Case and the Railroading of the Marlborough Five","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. Patrick O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45115143553175,"sku":"9780700626717","price":2647.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780700626717.webp?v=1767099418","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/justice-on-fire-the-kansas-city-firefighters-case-and-the-railroading-of-the-marlborough-five-9780700626717","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}