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A review by geve_
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington
3.0
Very well researched, horrible story of crime investigation system in Mississippi. Shows a sort of insane amount of evidence about the good ol' boy system in effect in the south, in the law enforcement and criminal "justice" sphere. Obviously not gonna shock anyone to read how crazy racist and sexist it all is, and how there's no justice to be had when the whole racket is about getting paid, maintaining power and boosting DA and cop egos by convicting people quickly and efficiently.
The book itself was fine. I appreciate the research that went into it, but it droned on at some points. I like the history, but it was perhaps a bit much. There was more repetition than I needed for sure. It went into some detail about a lot of miscarriages of justice in cases around the two main "investigators" in the book, sort of glossing over how the whole system allowed these two jackasses to persist for so long. In addition, I was a bit annoyed at some of the wording around how the men who'd been falsely imprisoned for some rapes/murders were the biggest victims of the crimes. Nah man, the raped, dead children were def the biggest victims.
All in all, probably pretty good book for the true crime inclined, if a bit dry with the excess of horrible cases, back to back and lengthy history of coroners vs medical examiners.
The book itself was fine. I appreciate the research that went into it, but it droned on at some points. I like the history, but it was perhaps a bit much. There was more repetition than I needed for sure. It went into some detail about a lot of miscarriages of justice in cases around the two main "investigators" in the book, sort of glossing over how the whole system allowed these two jackasses to persist for so long. In addition, I was a bit annoyed at some of the wording around how the men who'd been falsely imprisoned for some rapes/murders were the biggest victims of the crimes. Nah man, the raped, dead children were def the biggest victims.
All in all, probably pretty good book for the true crime inclined, if a bit dry with the excess of horrible cases, back to back and lengthy history of coroners vs medical examiners.