Bøger af Colin Evans

For almost a century, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has presided over the dead. Over the years, the OCME has endured everything-political upheavals, ghastly murders, bloody gang wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and non-stop battles for power and influence-and remains the final authority in cases of sudden, unexplained, or violent death. Founded in 1918, the OCME has evolved over decades of technological triumphs and all-too human failure to its modern-day incarnation as the foremost forensics lab in the world, investigating an average caseload of over 15,000 suspicious deaths a year. This is the behind-the-scenes chronicle of public service and private vendettas, of blood in the streets and back-room bloodbaths, and of the criminal cases that made history and headlines.

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Colin Evans, former cricket writer for the Manchester Evening News, looks back at Farokh Engineer's career, recalling many magical moments with Lancashire and India though the 1960s and 1970s.

Modern forensic techniques give police a range of tools to identify criminals and prove guilt. Using landmark cases to illustrate forensics in action, this title details the emergence of modern crime-fighting techniques from the mid-1800s, focusing on how crime scenes are treated and how evidence is used in court to build a case for conviction.

Sing Sing Prison, New York, July 1916. Charles Frederick Stielow, a 37-year-old farmhand with the mind of an infant, is just minutes away from the electric chair for a double murder he didn't commit. With a vengeful legal system baying for blood, his situation looks hopeless.