{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9781966607069","title":"Small Town Prosecutor Trials of Killers, Con Men, and a Priest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bob Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Onion River Press, 2025-06-24\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Bob Simpson, a former Vermont prosecutor, worked with police and other prosectors to bring evidence of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and sexual abuse before more than a dozen juries. In 1981, two teenagers raped and murdered a 12-year-old girl in Maple Street Park. In 1982, two men bludgeoned a rowdy bar patron and left him for dead in the Winooski River. In Barre, a man pleaded insanity after fatally shooting his downstairs neighbor because he \"always had it in his head to kill someone.\" Simpson details the prosecutions of a pedophilic priest, a violent cult, a cleaver-wielding assailant, and other brutal and tragic offenders who brought incalculable pain and suffering to their communities. Amongst all these devastating stories, however, is the one of hope: Vermont juries delivering justice and shaping the system we rely on today.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085047939241,"sku":"PHBK-9781966607069","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/5109173482888.jpg?v=1779378343","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9781966607069","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}