Murder in Brentwood

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. FOREWORD BY: Vincent Bugliosi. ILLUSTRATIONS AND CRIME SCENE MAPS BY: the author. BOOK DESIGN BY: Marja Walker. COVER BACKGROUND PHOTO COURTESY OF: Uniphoto. JACKET DESIGN BY: Marja Walker. CONTENTS: Publisher's Preface; Foreword by Vincent Bugliosi; Prologue PART ONE: THE INVESTIGATION CHAPTER 1 Nolo Contendere CHAPTER 2 Murder in Brentwood CHAPTER 3 The Rockingham Estate CHAPTER 4 Costly Errors CHAPTER 5 The Interrogation CHAPTER 6 Slow-Speed Pursuit CHAPTER 7 The Scheme Team CHAPTER 8 Witness for the People CHAPTER 9 The Defense Card CHAPTER 10 The Allegations and the Facts CHAPTER 11 Living in a Fishbowl CHAPTER 12 The Judge and His Wife CHAPTER 13 The Evidence PART TWO: THE TRIAL CHAPTER 14 The Prosecutions' Case CHAPTER 15 The Murder Weapon CHAPTER 16 Hypothesis of a Murder CHAPTER 17 Marcia's Case CHAPTER 18 Darden for the Defense CHAPTER 19 Taking the Stand CHAPTER 20 Crossing the Line CHAPTER 21 Center Stage CHAPTER 22 Defending the Indefensible CHAPTER 23 The Tapes CHAPTER 24 Taking the Fifth CHAPTER 25 Closing Arguments CHAPTER 26 Verdict CHAPTER 27 Aftermath APPENDIX A Interrogation Text APPENDIX B Search Warrants; Index. SYNOPSIS: 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 claim 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. Mark Fuhrman received more than 55 official commendations during his 20 years with the Los Angeles Police Department. Prior to his police career he was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, having first enlisted at the age of eighteen. An avid outdoorsman and artist, Mr. Fuhrman now resides on a small working farm in northern Idaho with his wife and two children.. First Edition 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Mark Fuhrman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.