Four months later a Jewish workman, Mendel Beiliss, was arrested & charged with having murdered the boy in order to use his blood to make matzos for Passover. Thus began one of the most bizarre & extraordinary frame-ups in modern history."--jacketAcknowledgments & AdviceDramatis PersonaeIntroductionThe Setting Up of the CaseEmpire in SenilityThe Second PhaseThe ShowdownEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

    A fourteen-year-old boy, Steven Truscott, was charged with the crime. He was tried in adult court, convicted, and sentenced to hang. His sentence, as is customary in Canada, was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment, and now he is in Collins Bay Penitentiary at Kingston. This book is the story of his trial.

    This is a landmark case about a prominent doctor who is accused of murdering his wife. Among other things, the case brought the use of media into question. The case is hotly debated to this day. The book is written by Sam Sheppard himself with a forward by F. Lee Bailey. Sheppard was large in starting Bailey's strong career.