Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Conspiracy Theories

In 1882 a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948 when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day. After a period of research and persistence the young lawyer was finally led to a destitute old man in Texas...

DOES FREEDOM OF RELIGION MEAN FREEDOM TO KILL?

Once named New Orleans' "Lawyer of the Year" for his work on a gruesome Louisiana murder case, David Augustus Ball rips the scab off the system and shows the strange underpinnings of an astonishing court decision based on an ancient and almost forgotten religion.

Triptych is the story of a lawyer who risked everything to defend a man who could not be defended and a religion whose commands can never be ignored.

Was it just another cold-blooded murder inthe Crescent City...or an arcane religious ritual protected by the...

'Conspiracy theory' is now a widely familiar term, albeit generally referred to with sarcasm and scorn. Yet 'criminal conspiracies' are heard before law courts. The Mafia, the Thuggee in India, and Triads in China are all recognised criminal conspiracies that have ritualistic and religious elements. During the Cold War there were government investigations into a 'communist conspiracy'.

President Dwight Eisenhower in his 'Farewell Address' referred to a wide-ranging conspiracy he called the 'military-industrial complex'. However, if political conspiracies are referred to that involve...

'Conspiracy theory' is now a widely familiar term, albeit generally referred to with sarcasm and scorn. Yet 'criminal conspiracies' are heard before law courts. The Mafia, the Thuggee in India, and Triads in China are all recognised criminal conspiracies that have ritualistic and religious elements. During the Cold War there were government investigations into a 'communist conspiracy'.

President Dwight Eisenhower in his 'Farewell Address' referred to a wide-ranging conspiracy he called the 'military-industrial complex'. However, if political conspiracies are referred to that involve...