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| Title | : | Justice Betrayed: A Double Killing in Old Santa Fe |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826329012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
"As disturbing as it is engaging, Melnick's book uncovers a dark and shameful chapter of New Mexican history, shedding light on the ugly underpinnings of political patronage, racism and social propriety.""The book is a good read and it illuminates, should that fact need illuminating, that racism reared its ugly head even in fair, multicultural New Mexico.""Ralph Melnick has produced an excellent nonfiction piece. "Justice Betrayed," is a well-researched and well-written story of the execution of a Black man, Tom Johnson, wrongly accused of raping and murdering a young Hispanic woman during the 1930s."
Angelina Jaramillo, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a prominent New Mexico family, was raped, bludgeoned, and stabbed to death in her bedroom on November 16, 1931. The media, in particular the newspaper owned by New Mexico's U.S. In the 1930s a few well-connected people could decide that it was in the public's best interest to cover up a murder. Thomas Johnson, an African American laborer with a prison record in four states was convicted of the crime and executed. Complicit in Johnson's indictment and murder were members of the criminal justice establishment, who abetted the cover-up in a desire to protect themselves. Now more than seventy years later this meticulously researched account of the case substantiates a longstanding rumor that the wrong man was put to death.Johnson's conviction and electrocution (the state's first) were used to conceal the embarrassing identity of the actual killer. Today the crime could be solved by DNA evidence--but in the early 1930s an impoverished, black defendant with a criminal record made an easy target. Senator Bronson Cutting, created public hysteria over "Negro Crime." The racial atmosphere, aggravated by the economics of the Great Depression, made it easy for th
Justice Betrayed This was a very well written and intriguing book, and I completely enjoyed reading it. I was born and raised in Santa Fe, as was most of my family. I also attended Loretto Academy, although Angelina died many years before I was born. It is very possible, howe. A Customer said Must read. This book was captivating, I couldn't put it down.. "Not a bad read." according to Preciliano J. Martin. Not sure I actually figured out who did the dastardly deed even after I read the book. Not bad as far as mystery stories go. But not something I would brag about.
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