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Wrongly executed?
Just finishing up a manuscript on the controversial Charles Sberna case of the late 1930s.
Sberna is often mentioned as an innocent victim of capital punishment - convicted of killing a police officer, he was executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair in 1939. Though codefendant Salvatore Gati admitted responsibility for the crime and insisted that Sberna was not present, a jury chose to believe evidence introduced by Thomas Dewey disciple Jacob Rosenblum. Jurors did not suspect that Dewey, Rosenblum and other involved individuals may have had agendas that went beyond the interests of justice in the case.
The story is a complex one, involving celebrity attorneys, Mafia bosses, violent political radicals, media giants and ruthless establishment figures. And it is set in a period in which Americans sought stability and government-imposed order after years of political upheaval, economic depression and Prohibition Era lawlessness.
With the great fun of researching and writing now concluding, I will soon begin the strenuous task of finding a publisher.
Sberna is often mentioned as an innocent victim of capital punishment - convicted of killing a police officer, he was executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair in 1939. Though codefendant Salvatore Gati admitted responsibility for the crime and insisted that Sberna was not present, a jury chose to believe evidence introduced by Thomas Dewey disciple Jacob Rosenblum. Jurors did not suspect that Dewey, Rosenblum and other involved individuals may have had agendas that went beyond the interests of justice in the case.
The story is a complex one, involving celebrity attorneys, Mafia bosses, violent political radicals, media giants and ruthless establishment figures. And it is set in a period in which Americans sought stability and government-imposed order after years of political upheaval, economic depression and Prohibition Era lawlessness.
With the great fun of researching and writing now concluding, I will soon begin the strenuous task of finding a publisher.
