No Heroes, No Villains: The Story of a Murder Trial (repost)
Steven J. Phillips, "No Heroes, No Villains: The Story of a Murder Trial"
ISBN: 039472531X | 1978 | EPUB/MOBI | 256 pages | 2 MB/489 KB
On June 28, 1972 in a South Bronx subway station, John Skagen, a white off-duty policeman on his way home, suddenly and without apparent provocation, ordered James Richardson, a black man on his way to work, to get against the wall and put his hands up. Richardson had a gun, and the two exchanged shots. In the melee that followed, Skagen was fatally wounded by a cop who rushed to the scene. In the ensuing trial, William Kunstler handled Richardson's defense and the author of this book, then assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case. Here is a first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of every step of the proceedings.