Making A Case For Innocence: True Stories Of A Criminal Defense Investigator

For true crime buffs and criminal defense professionals, THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ! Author and Licensed Private Investigator April Higuera takes you behind the scenes of her actual investigations of multiple high-profile homicide cases for defense. Along the way, you'll join her in uncovering evidence of innocence and corruption. April lays out the evidence against the accused and her own journey through the system as she helps defend otherwise average citizens who are accused of heinous, violent crimes. Her accounts are TRUE! Read about these cases: A wife's jawbone is delivered in a Tupperware container to a local TV station with a map to locate her remains. A 73-year-old grandmother is convicted of bludgeoning her husband to death in their driveway with a potato hoe. The infamous rape-murder of a 19-year-old Marine cadet, who is the daughter of a U.S. Ambassador. Through a series of case studies, written more in the style of short stories than the sleep-inducing, dry academic speak of typical post-case-analysis reports, Higuera takes the reader into the grit and grime of murder and mayhem. - Hal Humphreys, Executive Editor of Pursuit MagazineExperience an emotional roller coaster ride as April confronts the corruption and ineptitude that plague our broken justice system, unearthing the evidence that she hopes will set her clients free. Visit the author's website to learn more and share your stories: AprilHiguera.com. April takes you on a backdoor ride of the unsung hero as the investigator who deserves the credit for solving crimes and releasing criminally charged innocent men. This book serves all folks involved in the criminal justice system. - Mary Lou Wilson, Esq., Post-Conviction Attorney. Every serious criminal justice major should read this book in order to fully understand their ethical responsibility to their oath of office, the devastating impact faulty investigative assumptions can produce within the legal system, and how justice is truly administered and served by tenacity and determination. - Jorey Krawczyn, U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement

• | Author: April Higuera
• | Publisher: April Higuera
• | Publication Date: Sep 07, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 254 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0997994304
• | ISBN-13: 9780997994308