JonBenet Ramsey: Prostitution of Justice

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On December 26, 1996, the murder of six-year-old beauty princess JonBenet Ramsey shocked the world. The failure of police authorities to identify the perpetrator(s) of the crime and hold anyone responsible turned the murder into an American mythology and tragedy of money, power, and unrequited retribution for a despicable crime. Despite a grand jury’s indictment of John and Patsy Ramsey, no one has ever been tried for the crime.

This book recalls the damning media coverage of John and Patsy Ramsey against the backdrop of a tightly controlled and politicized criminal justice system driven by seemingly endless amounts of money in the hands of the Ramsey‘s criminal defense team. Conversely, small-time criminal actors, some involved in gathering or presenting evidence, suffered severe, life-changing civil or criminal repercussions. Others, friendly to the Ramseys, received judicial leniency depending on their favor within the camp of the defense as an unrelenting press drove the narratives of the investigation. Finally, an in depth look is taken at the John Ramsey‘s criminal defense lawyer, Hal Haddon, from his childhood to his retirement.