Many thanks to NetGalley and Recorded Books Media for gifting me an audio ARC of this true crime story by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue and narrated by Chris Henry Coffey. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 3 stars.
In 1997, a passerby finds an unconscious teenager, brutally beaten, who subsequently dies days later at the hospital. The police quickly arrest four suspects, all under 21, and all of indigenous backgrounds. All are later convicted and sentenced to long prison terms. The author can't get the story out of his mind, and when given the opportunity to teach a class on investigative reporting, he and his students delve deeply into the case.
Like that of all people wrongly convicted, this is indeed a very sad story, one made worse with blatant racism. I admire all those who devote themselves to uncovering the truth and then seeking to right the wrong. But I was never very invested in this audiobook and it really seemed to drag for me. It seemed disjointed in its presentation and i got people and details very confused. There seemed to be extraneous information while important information was lacking. An important story for sure, especially today, but a bit hard to follow.
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