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MORTAL JUSTICE by Jeanette Popp and Wanda Evans When Nancy DePriest, a beautiful, sunny twenty-year-old married mother, was found naked, shot and left for dead early one morning at the restaurant where she was assistant manager, a clamoring for justice rang out in Austin, Texas and then the nation. As they investigated, the police narrowed their persons of interest to two young men. They were both convicted and sent to prison for life. DePriest's mother, Jeanette Popp, though devastated by her daughter's violent death, learned of new information regarding the crime - another man had confessed to being the murderer of Nancy DePriest. Now Jeanette is advocating for the release of the men she once believed guilty and in the process, finally learn the truth of what really happened on that fateful day. Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck later called "the most extraordinary, profoundly disturbing false confession case I've ever seen." MORTAL JUSTICE is an emotionally gripping, profoundly human drama. It is a story of betrayed friendship, a battle to overcome human cruelty, discovering inner strength against all odds and developing
Jeanette Popp is the mother of the victim and advocated actively for the release of her daughter’s convicted murderers. Jeanette went on to run for the Texas Legislature and is now an active motivational speaker on the topic of wrongful imprisonment and the abolishment of the death penalty. She lives in
Wanda Evans, an accomplished journalist, author and
speaker, has been published in many venues, including the notable
true crime book
TRAIL OF BLOOD and magazines such as
Reader’s Digest,
Good Housekeeping
and
Southern Living.
A former columnist for the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, she lives in
"True-crime story with an unusual--and inspiring--angle. ...an important book because it helps the readers understand the false-confession phenomenon, which accounts for a significant percentage of wrongful convictions." - Kirkus Reviews
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