{"product_id":"book-c7g4","title":"The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A haunting true crime tale of systemic incompetence and racism” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) – and its devastating effect on innocent lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated in 2008. Meanwhile, the real killer remained free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cadaver King and the Country Dentist\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the story of how the criminal justice system allowed this to happen, and of how two men, Dr. Steven Hayne and Dr. Michael West, built successful careers on the back of that structure. For nearly two decades, Hayne, a medical examiner, performed the vast majority of Mississippi's autopsies, while his friend Dr. West, a local dentist, pitched himself as a forensic jack-of-all-trades. Together they became the go-to experts for prosecutors and helped put countless Mississippians in prison. But then some of those convictions began to fall apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington tell the haunting story of how the courts and Mississippi's death investigation system - a relic of the Jim Crow era - failed to deliver justice for its citizens. The authors argue that bad forensics, structural racism, and institutional failures are at fault, raising sobering questions about our ability and willingness to address these crucial issues.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349321752880,"sku":"BDc7g4","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349321785648,"sku":"ZEc7g4","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c7g4-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778127410","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c7g4","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}