{"product_id":"9780998918938","title":"The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Edge of Innocence \u003c\/em\u003eis a work of historical fiction based on the 1964 murder trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water in Lorain, Ohio.  Bennett’s sensational trial pitted an aggressive, mercurial county prosecutor against the author’s father, a civil trial attorney who had never defended anyone for murder.  The book not only recreates the tension and excitement of this courtroom battle, but also highlights the uncertain edge that often divides guilt from innocence.\u003cbr\u003e The author was ten years old when he answered the phone late at night when Bennett called his father from jail, seeking his legal representation.  Forty years later and long after his father’s death, the author found the Bennett file buried in the bottom of his mother’s closet. From the moment he began reading the papers, the long-forgotten drama cast a spell on him.  As he uncovered more and more of the facts, the story he had known as a child disappeared, replaced by one far different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of Innocence \u003c\/em\u003etakes the reader through the criminal justice system and ultimately to the trial where the reader, like a juror, must sift through competing claims and conflicting evidence.  Full of twists and turns and colorful characters, \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of Innocence \u003c\/em\u003eis all the more entertaining because it tells a true story.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David P. Miraldi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127840325872,"sku":"9780998918938","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998918938_p0.jpg?v=1763949455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998918938","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}