Judith Flanders

Massacre of the innocents

‘La justice flétrit, la prison corrompt et la société a les criminels qu’elle mérite’ — Justice withers, prison corrupts, and society gets the criminals it deserves.

  • The Killer of Little Shepherds: The Case of the French Ripper and the Birth of Forensic Science

    Douglas Starr

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 312

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