Tucker Carrington

Without a doubt, there is much racial prejudice ingrained within the judicial system, especially in Mississippi. That is what most of this book is about. From reading the jacket blurb I assumed the book was about the murders of the two girls; but in reality, only about 3 chapters were dedicated to that. The remainder of the book was very wide in its scope, even going back to the 1950's lynchings in not only Mississippi, but throughout the South. There were so many cases discussed that I could not keep track of them and sometimes when they switched cases mid-chapter I missed it and was going....huh? I wish the book was more focused on just the two cases of the young girls. I don't think the reader will find too much "new" here except perhaps the specifics of the two girls murdered in 1990 and 1993 and perhaps Emmett Till (if you don't know about him already). 416 pages… (mehr)