Smoke But No Fire

Author : Jessica S. Henry
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780520385801

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2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner, Silver (Political and Social Sciences) Winner of the Montaigne Medal, awarded to "the most thought-provoking books" The first book to explore a shocking yet all-too-common type of wrongful conviction—one that locks away innocent people for crimes that never actually happened. Rodricus Crawford was convicted and sentenced to die for the murder by suffocation of his beautiful baby boy. After years on death row, evidence confirmed what Crawford had claimed all along: he was innocent, and his son had died from an undiagnosed illness. Crawford is not alone. A full one-third of all known exonerations stem from no-crime wrongful convictions. The first book to explore this common but previously undocumented type of wrongful conviction, Smoke but No Fire tells the heartbreaking stories of innocent people convicted of crimes that simply never happened. A suicide is mislabeled a homicide. An accidental fire is mislabeled an arson. Corrupt police plant drugs on an innocent suspect. A false allegation of assault is invented to resolve a custody dispute. With this book, former New York City public defender Jessica S. Henry sheds essential light on a deeply flawed criminal justice system that allows—even encourages—these convictions to regularly occur. Smoke but No Fire promises to be eye-opening reading for legal professionals, students, activists, and the general public alike as it grapples with the chilling reality that far too many innocent people spend real years behind bars for fictional crimes.

Author : Ava Homa
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683358947

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Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa Pdf

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer Set primarily in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel weaves 50 years of modern Kurdish history through a story of a family facing oppression and injustices all too familiar to the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Her younger brother, Chia, influenced by their father’s past torture, imprisonment, and his deep-seated desire for justice, begins to engage with social and political affairs. But his activism grows increasingly risky and one day he disappears in Tehran. Seeking answers about her brother’s whereabouts, Leila fears the worst and begins a campaign to save him. But when she publishes Chia’s writings online, she finds herself in grave danger as well. Inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of his execution, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is an evocative portrait of the lives and stakes faced by 40 million stateless Kurds. It’s an unflinching but compassionate and powerful story that brilliantly illuminates the meaning of identity and the complex bonds of family. A landmark novel for our troubled world, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is a gripping and important read, perfect for fans of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.

Author : Brian B Humphreys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0228822971

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"No Smoke Without Fire" by Brian B Humphreys Pdf

The Smelter explosion in the early hours of Aug 8th 2000 became a watershed moment for the company, its employees, family members and all residents of Flin Flon. Like 9/11, nothing would ever be the same again. We must always be open to rethinking the way we do things. Change must be constant. To go to work each day without getting hurt has to be an expectation we all have. In Flin Flon, the last fatality prior to the smelter explosion had been five years earlier. That had been the longest period between fatalities in the company's history. There has not been a work - related fatality in the 19 years since the explosion, but that is not to say the battle to create a harm-free workplace has been won. We could so easily have had fatalities many times over the years. Sometimes the outcome was a question of sheer luck or twist of fate, a matter of inches, or seconds making the difference between life and death. It is all the more important to revisit and communicate the important lessons learned from them. I have included many of them in the second part of this book under "Work Shouldn't Hurt" along with other examples I have experienced in my 49 years in the work force. Lessons can be learned every day. They can apply to everyone who goes to work. It doesn't matter if you are a CEO, Manager, supervisor or worker, everyone is an important cog in the wheel. Examples given and discussions throughout this book are not intended to demean or point a finger at any individual, group or company. They are purely used as learning opportunities to help people recognize and understand that sometimes it is only incredible luck or good fortune that they don't end up seriously injured, or even killed. The examples are mostly centred around heavy industry, but many similar occurrences lay dormant in many workplaces, and even outside the work environment. To reiterate, this book is not about blame or finger pointing. It is an attempt to capture and understand the circumstances that led up to the explosion and what goes into a recipe for such a disaster. Seldom is anything made from one ingredient. Similarly, a disaster is usually triggered by more than one single event or "ingredient". The fatality list that is included in this book demonstrates the tremendous sacrifice employees have made over the history of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. Many workplace safety and health regulations have been implemented as a direct result of lessons learned. The list does not cover the tremendous number of accidents that did not result in death but did inflict life-changing injuries. Every name on the list represents a son, brother, uncle, husband or father, and many represent every single one of those relationships, which left wives without husbands, children without dads.

Author : Claire S. Lewis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789541946

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No Smoke Without Fire by Claire S. Lewis Pdf

You can't run forever... Celeste has been running from her past for seven years. But now her past has found her. For seven years, Celeste has battled her guilt and shame over the tragic events that led to her little brother's death. But when her high-school boyfriend comes back into her life just as she gains a stalker, she wonders if there's more to the story than she realized. Celeste is determined to discover the truth – but she's about to find out that when you play with fire, you get burned... Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Sleep and Whisper Man.

Author : Neil Gaiman,Amal El-Mohtar,Nnedi Okorafor,Usman T. Malik
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786180483

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The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories by Neil Gaiman,Amal El-Mohtar,Nnedi Okorafor,Usman T. Malik Pdf

Author : Brandon L. Garrett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674060982

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Convicting the Innocent by Brandon L. Garrett Pdf

On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington—defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case—was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling in-depth analysis, Brandon Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 wrongfully convicted people to be exonerated by DNA testing. Based on trial transcripts, Garrett’s investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error. Evidence corrupted by suggestive eyewitness procedures, coercive interrogations, unsound and unreliable forensics, shoddy investigative practices, cognitive bias, and poor lawyering illustrates the weaknesses built into our current criminal justice system. Garrett proposes practical reforms that rely more on documented, recorded, and audited evidence, and less on fallible human memory. Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? Convicting the Innocent makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.

Author : Mark Tebeau
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421412504

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Eating Smoke by Mark Tebeau Pdf

During the period of America's swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Before the Civil War, sweeping blazes destroyed more than $200 million in property in the nation's largest cities. Between 1871 and 1906, conflagrations left Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco in ruins. Into the twentieth century, this dynamic hazard intensified as cities grew taller and more populous, confounding those who battled it. Firefighters' death-defying feats captured the popular imagination but too often failed to provide more than symbolic protection. Hundreds of fire insurance companies went bankrupt because they could not adequately deal with the effects of even smaller blazes. Firefighters and fire insurers created a physical and cultural infrastructure whose legacy—in the form of heroic firefighters, insurance policies, building standards, and fire hydrants—lives on in the urban built environment. In Eating Smoke, Mark Tebeau shows how the changing practices of firefighters and fire insurers shaped the built landscape of American cities, the growth of municipal institutions, and the experience of urban life. Drawing on a wealth of fire department and insurance company archives, he contrasts the invention of a heroic culture of firefighters with the rational organizational strategies by fire underwriters. Recognizing the complexity of shifting urban environments and constantly experimenting with tools and tactics, firefighters fought fire ever more aggressively—"eating smoke" when they ventured deep into burning buildings or when they scaled ladders to perform harrowing rescues. In sharp contrast to the manly valor of firefighters, insurers argued that the risk was quantifiable, measurable, and predictable. Underwriters managed hazard with statistics, maps, and trade associations, and they eventually agitated for building codes and other reforms, which cities throughout the nation implemented in the twentieth century. Although they remained icons of heroism, firefighters' cultural and institutional authority slowly diminished. Americans had begun to imagine fire risk as an economic abstraction. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters—climbing ladders and manipulating hoses—with the mundane technologies—maps and accounting charts—of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor.

Author : Julie Cannon
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626390164

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Smoke and Fire by Julie Cannon Pdf

Brady Stewart lives for the fire. Nightmares of the fire haunt Nicole McMillan. Whether fighting fires in the Kuwaiti desert, in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the heartland of Oklahoma, both women hide behind a smoke screen of who they really are. When they meet and face the challenge of their lives, their passion ignites because where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

Author : Dave Jones
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1908051191

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No Smoke, No Fire by Dave Jones Pdf

Dave Jones is one of the most respected managers in football, who took Cardiff City to the FA Cup final, Wolves to the Premier League, and Stockport to their highest ever league position. But few fans, if any, could possibly identify with the anguish and turmoil that blighted his life. A staunch family man and loving father of four children, Dave's world was turned upside down when, while manager of Premier League Southampton, out of the blue he was charged with child abuse relating to his time working as a care worker. As he fought to clear his name from these totally false allegations, supported by his loyal wife Ann, who will also reveal her thoughts, Dave lost his job and, tragically, his father. What he didn't lose was his determination to tell his side of the story, even in the face of threats from those who sought to finish him. Now, in unprecedented detail, Dave reveals the effect the traumatic episode had on him and his family, identifies those he believes were responsible - and explains how, against all the odds, he picked up the pieces and resumed a highly successful managerial career.

Author : Stephanie Bell
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798697361023

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Princess of Fire and Smoke by Stephanie Bell Pdf

If you were the only person who could save your kingdom, how much would you be willing to sacrifice? What if it meant it would have cost you everything? Yes, everything.I am High Princess Adeline and I wish someone would have asked me those questions before I swore an oath to compete in the Royal Trials. I'm one of many princesses and princes in my kingdom but only the winner can be crowned High King or High Queen.Yet before the trials can begin, my world crumbles around me and I'm forced into hiding. Alone and fighting with my nearly non-existent magic, I'm desperately trying to stay alive and not get caught by the General. He's the wickedly handsome man that makes my temperamental magic come alive. He's also the man who has been sent to capture me.In order to save my Kingdom, I have to become High Queen. But I'm broken and the darkness within me demands revenge. If I manage to win the trials, what kind of Queen will I become?

Author : Holly Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Barbecuing
ISBN : 1614285160

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Smoke and Fire by Holly Peterson Pdf

Summer is perfect for entertaining outdoors, with flavors enhanced by grill smoke, sea spray, and camaraderie. In Smoke and Fire, writer Holly Peterson curates themed menus and valuable tips for delightful outdoor gatherings, from a seaside crab boil to a Mexican fiesta. Simple recipes featuring fresh ingredients ensure hosts will spend more time with guests than on preparations. Capturing the essence of summer and celebrating the bounty and beauty of the season, this is the ideal guide to creating lasting memories with family and friends.

Author : D. S. Lliteras
Publisher : Rainbow Ridge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1937907090

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Flames and Smoke Visible by D. S. Lliteras Pdf

While recovering from injuries suffered on the job, former fire fighter, D.S. Lliteras, found himself compelled to consider what it means "to be." The result is this book about some brave and honorable firefighters and the beautiful and dreadful things encountered on the fireground.

Author : Rich Harris
Publisher : Kyle Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780857836908

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Fire & Smoke: Get Grilling with 120 Delicious Barbecue Recipes by Rich Harris Pdf

'Rich's recipes are exciting, accessible and fun. Everything a great barbecue should be' Heston Blumenthal Rich Harris shows you how to barbecue mouthwatering recipes with smoky and succulent flavours that will see you through the summer and beyond in style. Featuring chapters on: * From the Sea - delicious fish and seafood dishes * Crowd-pleasers - food to impress friends, such as Beef Short Ribs and Sticky Pork Belly & Rice Noodle Salad * Hand-held - get messy with Chilli Dogs, Smoked Chicken Wings and Lamb Shish Kebabs * Smoking - including hot-smoked classics like Pulled Pork and Prawns with Dirty Romesco Sauce to Cold smoked Salmon * Veggies, Sides & Breads - barbecues aren't just about meat so indulge in Chargrilled Leaves with Burnt Lemon Dressing, Cauliflower Steaks and Chipotle Slaw * Sauces, Dips & Pickles - accompaniments to take your dishes to the next level * Cocktails & Coolers - drinks to wash down and complement your grilled dishes * Desserts - indulge in Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream and what barbecue would be complete without s'Mores? * Restoke the Flames - ideas for the morning after including Buttermilk Pancakes and Brunch Pizzette This is the ultimate guide to cooking with fire and smoke.

Author : Donna Grant
Publisher : St. Martins Press-3PL
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250813247

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Smoke and Fire by Donna Grant Pdf

Dragon shapeshifter and computer expert Ryder must fight his attraction to Kinsey if he is to fulfill his mission and guard Glasgow after a catastrophic Dark attack.

Author : Doug Brugge
Publisher : Springer
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319895871

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Particles in the Air by Doug Brugge Pdf

The book covers the three largest sources of particulate matter pollution in five chapters. These sources constitute three of the top ten public health problems in the world today and far outstrip any other environmental health threats in terms of health impact. The book begins with indoor solid fuel combustion for cooking in lower income countries and tells the story of how this problem was identified and recent efforts to eliminate it. The book next looks at tobacco smoking and second hand smoke, again reviewing the history of how these problems were identified scientifically and the fierce industry push back against the science. The last two chapters cover ambient particulate matter in the outdoor air. They address fine and ultrafine particles, describing the pioneering work on fine PM, the subsequent industry attacks on the scientists and then the emerging interest and concern about ultrafine particles, an area of research in which the author has participated. This book is geared towards non-scientists, including high school and college students.