{"product_id":"2940169837643","title":"The Trials of Walter Ogrod: The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch that Sent a Man to Death Row","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis engrossing exposé and investigation into the tragic 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horne and its aftermath leads readers through the facts of the case in compelling, compassionate, and riveting fashion. Award-winning journalist Thomas Lowenstein makes a convincing, evenhanded case for the wrongful conviction of Walter Ogrod, a man with autism spectrum disorder who lived across the street from the girl¿s family and who has been on death row since 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed by copious police records, court transcripts, interviews, letters and journals, and more, Lowenstein relates how Ogrod¿who bears no resemblance to the man described by several witnesses as a key suspect and who is not linked to the crime by any physical evidence¿was convicted based solely on a confession he signed after thirty-six hours without sleep and being insistently fed details of how he allegedly did it, provoked with horrific photos and with accusations of being ¿sick¿ and not remembering his actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting explosive new evidence discrediting the notorious snitch who sealed Ogrod¿s fate, Lowenstein presents a fascinating character study of a ¿professional¿ jailhouse informant and exposes a larger pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100568862960,"sku":"2940169837643","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169837643_p0.jpg?v=1769901597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169837643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}