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The Death of Innocence
by John Ramsey
"Innocent until proven guilty" is wishful thinking when we have what John and Patsy Ramsey call "talking heads" saturating our media and trying people before they are even indicted.
I turned ten just three days after JonBenet Ramsey was murdered, and even though we barely watched TV, her beauty queen image was seared into my brain. Why? Because the media had a hayday exploiting her. Not just the tabloids, but everyone. The worst part was that they reported rumors as facts and turned the world against the mourning parents. The Ramsey family was wrecked emotionally, phyically, socially, and financially, yet, by the grace of God, they were able to stay intact spiritually, and that's the only thing that got them through their living nightmare.
This book is a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at Jonbenet's murder and the bizarre events surrounding it. It also provides plenty of back story for the reader to get to know the Ramsey family. I did not find it boring in the least. It was written three years after JonBenet's death, so the emotion from John and Patsy is incredibly raw. They are grieving their baby, they are pissed at the shoddy investigation, they are enraged by the killer still on the loose, they are terrified by the aggression from paparazzi, and they are grateful for the people who have stood by their side when the entire world wanted their head on a platter for their entertainment.
I am so happy our justice system worked as it was intended in this case. A jury of their peers did not endict them, and even though they lost nearly everything they had, at least they did not have to mourn their child in a jail cell or be put through an excruciating trial.
My unfortunate mistrust of law enforcement is once again vindicated.
I turned ten just three days after JonBenet Ramsey was murdered, and even though we barely watched TV, her beauty queen image was seared into my brain. Why? Because the media had a hayday exploiting her. Not just the tabloids, but everyone. The worst part was that they reported rumors as facts and turned the world against the mourning parents. The Ramsey family was wrecked emotionally, phyically, socially, and financially, yet, by the grace of God, they were able to stay intact spiritually, and that's the only thing that got them through their living nightmare.
This book is a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at Jonbenet's murder and the bizarre events surrounding it. It also provides plenty of back story for the reader to get to know the Ramsey family. I did not find it boring in the least. It was written three years after JonBenet's death, so the emotion from John and Patsy is incredibly raw. They are grieving their baby, they are pissed at the shoddy investigation, they are enraged by the killer still on the loose, they are terrified by the aggression from paparazzi, and they are grateful for the people who have stood by their side when the entire world wanted their head on a platter for their entertainment.
I am so happy our justice system worked as it was intended in this case. A jury of their peers did not endict them, and even though they lost nearly everything they had, at least they did not have to mourn their child in a jail cell or be put through an excruciating trial.
My unfortunate mistrust of law enforcement is once again vindicated.