Blind Justice: Miscarriages of Justice in Twentieth Century Britain?

This substantial book features 50 murder cases that came before the courts in Great Britain in the twentieth century. In every case the accused was found guilty and executed or sentenced to life imprisonment, and in every one there is a reasonable doubt, either as to the guilt, or the sanity, of the accused. Hence the question mark at the end of the subtitle. Author Eddleston has written a string of murder books from Murderous Sussex to Murderous Tyneside.

Arranged chronologically, the book starts with Louisa Masset, who was hanged at Newgate for the murder of her son, Manfred,...