{"product_id":"mind-betrayal-9798234230430","title":"Mind Betrayal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gloria E. Monsanto\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Monsanto\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Monsanto\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne murder. One conviction. And a truth that may have been overlooked from the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 29, 2006, Antonio J. Burks was shot and killed inside his vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays later, Jonathan Monsanto-Berrio was arrested and accused of being the man who sat behind Burks, pulled the trigger, and fled the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case against Jonathan seemed straightforward. A witness identified him as the shooter, and prosecutors presented their version of events to a jury as fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there was another story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man named Chris confessed to firing the fatal shot. Fabian Moreno admitted that he was inside the vehicle when the shooting occurred. Both men said Jonathan was not there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Chris's confession was rejected. Fabian's account was questioned. And Jonathan-the man who investigators had already come to believe was responsible-was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo how does someone who wasn't inside the vehicle become the person convicted of killing the man inside it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMind Betrayal goes beyond the question of guilt or innocence. It examines how perception, assumptions, prejudice, reputation, and incomplete information can influence the way people interpret evidence-and how, once a conclusion is formed, contradictory information can become easier to dismiss than to confront.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan was far from perfect. He made mistakes, sold drugs, and lived a life that made him easy to suspect. But does a person's past determine what they are capable of doing? And when people begin judging someone through the image they've already created, can they still recognize the truth when it contradicts that image?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the story unfolds, the reader is asked to do something investigators, prosecutors, witnesses, and jurors may have failed to do: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestion what they think they know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause sometimes the greatest danger isn't what we don't know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's what we think we know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monsanto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68016703438999,"sku":"9798234230430","price":1845.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798234230430.webp?v=1791404000","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mind-betrayal-9798234230430","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}