Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery

Download or read book Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery written by Vincent Bugliosi and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-05-17 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime "Bugliosi, the quintessential prosecutor, has written a crime book that should be read by every lawyer and judge in America." —F. Lee Bailey On December 11, 1966, a mysterious assassin shot Henry Stockton to death, set his house on fire, and left the scene without a trace. A year later, when a woman was found brutally killed, shreds of evidence suggested a connection between the two murders. In the Palliko-Stockton trial, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi offered a brilliant summation that synthesized for the jury the many inferences and shades of meaning in the testimony, fitting all the pieces together in a mosaic of guilt. But will the jury be persuaded?