Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman (1997) Hardcover

Murder in Brentwood
by Mark Fuhrman
Foreword by Vincent Bugliosi
Illustrations and crime scene maps by the author
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Copyright:  1997

For O. J. Simpson to get away with murder, an innocent cop -- a brilliant detective -- had to be destroyed. That was the cynical strategy of the Simpson "Dream Team," and it worked.

But as certainty about Simpson's guilt grows, so does outrage about the scapegoating of Mark Fuhrman. Now the former LAPD detective tells his side of the story in a damning expose.

Beginning with the 1:05 a.m. phone call summoning him to the scene of the double homicide, Fuhrman takes the reader on a detective's journey through the crucial first 24 hours of the investigation. We comb the crime scenes with Fuhrman. We uncover not only the bloody glove, but also explosive, never-used evidence recorded by Fuhrman and his partner at the scene, but astonishingly never presented at the trial. A crucial clue found in Simpson's own bathroom may hold the secret of the murder weapon. Most shocking of all, the murderer left behind a bloody fingerprint. Why was this critical evidence never used? Fuhrman explains.

The veteran detective gives the inside story of why and how Simpson's interrogation was bungled; how police criminalists made previously unrevealed errors that torpedoed the prosecution's case; why Marcia Clark foolishly suppressed evidence of an affair between Ron and Nicole; and why Clark refused to call a key police witness who could have corroborated Fuhrman's testimony and blown away the defense team's claims of planted evidence.

Fuhrman reveals such fascinating eyewitness details as his own role as one of the "shooters" prepared to take Simpson down at the end of the Bronco chase, and Simpson's incriminating reaction upon being informed of his arrest.

Fuhrman's own hand-drawn maps of the crime scene and his reconstruction of the murders leave no doubt about what really happened on June 12, 1994.

Is Fuhrman a racist? Vigorously contesting that hurtful charge, Fuhrman answers each of the "Dream Team's" wild allegations with solid facts. Yet he movingly apologizes for using racist words on a screenwriter's research tapes. And he shows how the intent of those tapes was distorted by the "creative editing" of Simpson's defense lawyers, and misreported by the media.

Why did Fuhrman take the Fifth and plead "no contest" to perjury? Fuhrman's emotional answer will surprise and move you. His account of the tremendous outpouring of support he received from people across the country is one of the most inspiring moments of the book.

New revelations about the incompetence and corruption that pervaded the "Trial of the Century" will exonerate this decent, loyal detective, the innocent cop who was sacrificed so a rich, guilty celebrity could go free.

Murder in Brentwood sets the record straight.

Condition: Used. Good condition. Hardcover. Dust cover. Dust cover edges show edge wear.  Dust cover flaps and pages may be tanning from age. Previous owner's name and date are written on the front endpaper. There's a sleeve pasted to the front endpaper with an index card. It's how the previous owner kept track of her books. There's a store sticker on the front cover.

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