The Third Degree

The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice

2018 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, History (Adult Nonfiction)
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In "The Third Degree", Scott D. Seligman examines a 100-year-old murder case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. The book is especially timely in its examinations of American police practices and attitudes about immigration. Ziang Sung Wan confessed to the 1919 murder of three Chinese... Read More