A01=Jim Fisher
Author_Jim Fisher
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- ISBN 9780809327171
- Dimensions: 140 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2006
- Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In February 1935, following a sensational, six-week trial, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey, found German carpenter Bruno Hauptmann guilty of kidnapping and murdering the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Although circumstantial, the evidence against Hauptmann was overwhelming, leaving few to doubt his guilt. After a series of appeals and stays, Hauptmann died fourteen months later in the electric chair. A confession would have spared him the death sentence, but Hauptmann chose to die maintaining his innocence. It was not until the mid-1970s that revisionists began to challenge the conventional wisdom in the case: that Hauptmann was the lone killer. Revisionist books and articles appeared, as did plays, TV shows, and a movie, all portraying Hauptmann as the victim of a massive police and prosecution frame-up. Former FBI agent, Fisher analyzes and debunks the various revisionist theories and presents new evidence that, coupled with the undisputed facts, proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Hauptmann was guilty as charged: he kidnapped and murdered the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.
Jim Fisher, who received an Edgar nomination for Fall Guys: False Confessions and the Politics of Murder, is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of The Lindbergh Case. He was a special agent for the FBI from 1966 to 1972.
