Best of
True-Crime

1971

The Twelfth of August: Biography of "Walking Tall" Sheriff Buford Pusser


W.R. Morris - 1971
    

To Encourage the Others


David A. Yallop - 1971
    In the course of what the national press were to describe as 'a Chicago-style gun battle', P.C. Sidney Miles was shot between the eyes and died.16-year-old Christopher Craig and 19-year-old Derek Bentley were subsequently arrested and sent to trial. They came to personify the disaffected youth of post-war Britain, but Derek Bentley became much more. His story and ultimate fate are unique annals of criminal history.Originally published in 1971 and the subject of a BAFTA nominated television play by the author. This book and the evidence it contains twice forced Governments to reopen a murder case long closed it finally led in July 1993 to the granting of a posthumous Royal pardon to Derek Bentley.

Who Killed Hanratty?: An Investigation Into the Notorious A6 Murder


Paul Foote - 1971
    

Violence and the Police: A Sociological Study of Law, Custom and Morality


William A. Westley - 1971
    Book by Westley, W.A.

Tragic Story of the Colleen Bawn


William MacLysaght - 1971