{"product_id":"the-east-river-ripper-the-mysterious-1891-murder-of-old-shakespeare-paperback-3","title":"The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge R. Sr. Dekle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInnocent or guilty, or a more nuanced truth, in this Ripper-style killing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShortly after NYPD Chief of Detectives Thomas Byrnes publicly criticized the London police for failing to capture Jack the Ripper, he received a letter purportedly from Jack himself saying New York was his next target. Not long after, Byrnes was confronted by his own Ripper-style murder case in the death of Carrie Brown, a.k.a. \"Old Shakespeare,\" a colorful character who worked as a prostitute and had a penchant for quoting Shakespeare. Given the near-hysteria surrounding this vicious murder soon after the Jack the Ripper murders in London, people were worried that Jack might have actually come to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe detective bureau finally arrested Amir Ben Ali, an Algerian immigrant. The newspapers, however, immediately criticized Byrnes for moving too quickly, suggesting that he had tried to save face by pinning the crime on an easy target. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the verdict of murder in the second degree was announced, the papers erupted in anger and disbelief. With the aid of the French consulate, they embarked on a 10-year campaign to have Ben Ali pardoned and finally won his release by producing new evidence. Immediately upon Ben Ali's departure for France, fresh evidence of his guilt surfaced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas Ben Ali falsely convicted or falsely exonerated? And if he did not commit the murder, then who did? Issues of false convictions, fake news, illegal immigration, police corruption, and racial prejudice are common tropes in today's news cycles. \u003cem\u003eThe East River Ripper \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates that these are not simply matters of recent vintage and seeks to answer such questions in trying to determine whether and in what way justice miscarried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge R. Dekle Sr.\u003c\/strong\u003e served as a legal skills professor at the University of Florida, where he directed the Prosecution Clinic. His most recent book, \u003cem\u003eSix Capsules: The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts, \u003c\/em\u003ewas the\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eIPPY Awards Silver Medalist for US Northeast Best Regional Nonfiction, and his book \u003cem\u003ePrairie Defender: The Murder Trials of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/em\u003e won a Superior Achievement Award for Scholarship from the Illinois State Historical Society and Gold Medals for Biography and Politics from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395319906553,"sku":"9781606354261","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/2QKTFyc2Y09781606354261_462f4940-76c6-4597-8909-623d740df5d8.webp?v=1770265210","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-east-river-ripper-the-mysterious-1891-murder-of-old-shakespeare-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}