{"product_id":"never-too-late-a-prosecutors-story-of-justice-in-the-medgar-evars-case-9781416575160","title":"Never Too Late: A Prosecutor's Story of Justice in the Medgar Evars Case","description":"In June 12, 1963, Mississippi's fast-rising NAACP leader Medgar Evers was gunned down by a white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith. Beckwith escaped conviction twice at the hands of all-white Southern juries, and his crime went unpunished for more than three decades. Now, from Bobby DeLaughter, one of the most celebrated prosecutors in modern American law, comes the blistering account of his remarkable crusade in 1994 finally to bring the assassin of Medgar Evers to justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the fascinating, real-life story of the assistant district attorney -- played by Alec Baldwin in Rob Reiner's \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e -- who brought closure to one of the darkest chapters of the civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the district attorney's office in Jackson, Mississippi, decided to reopen the case, the obstacles in its way were overwhelming: missing court records; transcripts that were more than thirty years old; original evidence that had been lost; new testimony that had to be taken regarding long-ago events; and the perception throughout the state that a reprosecution was a futile endeavor. But step by painstaking step, DeLaughter and his team overcame the obstacles and built their case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith taut prose that reads like a great detective thriller, \u003ci\u003eNever Too Late\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turner of the very highest order. It charts the course of a country lawyer who, concerned about the collective soul of his community and the nature of American justice in general, dared to revisit a thirty-one-year-old case -- one so incendiary that everyone warned him not to touch it -- and win a long-overdue conviction. DeLaughter's success in this trial stands today as a landmark in the annals of criminal prosecution, and this bracing first-person account brings the saga to life as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobby Delaughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416575160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobby DeLaughter\u003c\/b\u003e is a judge in the Hinds County Court, Jackson, Mississippi. A former district attorney and a past president of the Mississippi Prosecutor's Association, he is a graduate of the FBI's National Law Institute and lives in Terry, Mississippi. His brilliant conclusion in this case was included in the volume \u003ci\u003eLadies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409873105011,"sku":"9781416575160","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cc6c941f-fb53-40c6-bd28-cbfd60e6e858.jpg?v=1771939301","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/never-too-late-a-prosecutors-story-of-justice-in-the-medgar-evars-case-9781416575160","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}