{"product_id":"life-sentence-how-my-father-defended-two-murderers-and-lost-himself-9781774711866","title":"Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting blend of true crime and memoir, following the unravelling of a New Brunswick family after a brutal murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 15, 1974, when Amy Bell was one year old, the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, was consumed with the search for two missing police officers -Corporal Aurèle Bourgeois and Constable Michael O'Leary. They had been abducted by petty criminals Richard Ambrose and James Hutchison after a kidnapping that had scored them $15,000. The search would lead to a clearing in the woods where the officers were found -- murdered, and buried in shallow graves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy's father, Ed Bell, stepped up to defend the killers. His unpopular stance-\"every person accused of a crime deserves a defence\" -- eventually led to the ruin of his career and his marriage, and Amy and her brother lived with the aftereffects: poverty and isolation. Ed Bell never spoke of his involvement in this case. It wasn't until forty-two years later, when he lay dying, that Amy, now a crime historian, stumbled upon a Polaroid photograph of one of the killers among her father's things. That discovery led her on a search for answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting work that fuses personal and criminal justice history to tell the story of a horrific crime and examine its terrible costs. Includes personal and archival news images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nimbus Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774711866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248","brand":"Amy Bell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42851466379445,"sku":"9781774711866","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a17f8837-043c-4740-8614-f4d6df3a1dc0.jpg?v=1682485081","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-sentence-how-my-father-defended-two-murderers-and-lost-himself-9781774711866","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}