The 'Net and True Crime @lithub @katelizabee

Kathleen Barber discusses the interaction of the new media and the Internet on post conviction remedies. Can lay investigators, those for whom true crime isn't just an ordinary interest but a passion, actually right the wrongs of the legal system? Real life crime has been of interest for decades, if not centuries. Does the Internet make a substantial difference in the way we look at it? Do we take it more seriously, precisely because we can be more exposed to it?

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