{"product_id":"murder-by-crows-hot-crimes-in-california-9780988192164","title":"Murder by Crows: Hot Crimes in California","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Cassady\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Literacy, Ink\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Literacy, Ink\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia has a long history of criminal cases that captured the collective imagination long after the judges' gavels fell. Some sent potential innocents to the gas chamber. In others, public opinion suggested a killer got away with murder. Some crimes were so insane and grotesque they worked their way into popular culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMurder by Crows: Hot Crime in California, \u003c\/i\u003e author Steve Cassady takes an in-depth look at California's most notorious criminal cases. Did 1950s B-girl Barbara Graham deserve to die for the murder of a Burbank matron? How, despite not having a single piece of direct evidence, did the prosecution succeed in sending shy Burton W. Abbot to San Quentin for the murder of a young girl?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCassady digs deep into the Golden State's goriest crimes, from the twenty-six murders Santa Cruz endured over thirty long months to the strange, almost hypnotic influence Charles Manson held over his cult of murderous fanatics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd then, of course, there was what many consider the trial of the century. Was O. J. Simpson a killer or the victim of embedded racism at all levels of the LAPD? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are more than criminal cases. These are pivotal moments in American justice-or injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literacy, Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45501251780759,"sku":"9780988192164","price":1678.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780988192164.webp?v=1767108154","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/murder-by-crows-hot-crimes-in-california-9780988192164","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}