Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder & the Law by Harry MacLean [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1994

Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law by Harry MacLean

FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1994] DELL TRUE CRIME

RARE 1st DELL printing w/ original metallic embossed cover and stepback.

Perfect retro reading copy.  Visible wear to cover.  Reads perfectly with tanning to pages.

In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter's testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family, and delves into the reliability of repressed memory as evidence in court.This version contains a 2011 Epilogue, which details the reasons for the reversal of George Franklin's conviction and the refusal of the district attorney to retry him for murder.