Innocent Until Interrogated: The True Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four
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| Title | : | Innocent Until Interrogated: The True Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (356 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816529248 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-09-15 |
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On a sweltering August morning, a woman walked into a Buddhist temple near Phoenix and discovered the most horrific crime in Arizona history. Nine Buddhist temple members—six of them monks committed to lives of non-violence—lay dead in a pool of blood, shot execution style. The massive manhunt that followed turned up no leads until a tip from a psychiatric patient led to the arrest of five suspects. Each initially denied their involvement in the crime, yet one by one, under intense interrogation, they confessed. Soon after, all five men recanted, saying their confessions had been coerced. One was freed after providing an alibi, but the remaining suspects—dubbed “The Tucson Four” by the media—remained in custody even though no physical evidence linked them to the crime. Seven weeks later, investigators discovered—almost by chance—physical evidence that implicated two entirely new suspects. The Tucson Four were finally freed on November 22
Editorial : From Booklist *Starred Review* Many true-crime works have as their raison d’etre the exhumation of crimes just for shock value. Stuart’s examination of a mass murder goes beyond mere reportage into investigative journalism, uncovering a system of abuse that has led to many destroyed lives. On August 10, 1991, a woman who cleaned and cooked for the monks at the Buddhist temple Wat Promkunaram in the Valley of the Sun outside Phoenix found nine Buddhist monks shot execution-style, their bodies arranged in a ritualistic-looking circle, nine heads toward the center. The crime scene was rich in evidence, but, according to Stuart’s exhaustive research (he conducted more than 50 interviews, along with studying all the case documents, including police reports, trial testimony, depositions, exhibits, and sworn affidavits), that evidence was ignored in favor of convicting five men on the basis of a tip from a psychiatric patient and the men’s coerced confessions. This is
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