{"product_id":"badge-of-the-assassin-9781451607468","title":"Badge of the Assassin","description":"A blood-chilling true-crime account from former district attorney and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBADGE OF THE ASSASSIN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey were just doing their jobs -- serving and protecting -- when the unimaginable happened: Officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini became moving targets, ambushed from behind at a Manhattan housing project. Jones lay dead in a pool of his own blood, and Piagentini lived long enough to beg for his life -- before he was riddled with twenty-two bullet holes by members of a deadly hit squad hell-bent on taking out the men and women of law enforcement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMasterfully building suspense on every page, Robert K. Tanenbaum reconstructs the vicious murders of Jones and Piagentini and the manhunt for the suspects, and brings to life his courtroom prosecution of the killers -- revealing the triumphs and failures of America's legal system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanenbaum, Robert K.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert K. Tanenbaum is the author of thirty-two books--twenty-nine novels and three nonfiction books: \u003ci\u003eBadge of the Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, the true account of his investigation and trials of self-proclaimed members of the Black Liberation Army who assassinated two NYPD police officers; \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eEchoes of My Soul, \u003c\/i\u003ethe true story of a shocking double murder that resulted in the DA exonerating an innocent man while searching for the real killer. The case was cited by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren in the famous \u003ci\u003eMiranda \u003c\/i\u003edecision. He is one of the most successful prosecuting attorneys, having never lost a felony trial and convicting hundreds of violent criminals. He was a special prosecution consultant on the Hillside strangler case in Los Angeles and defended Amy Grossberg in her sensationalized baby death case. He was Assistant District Attorney in New York County in the office of legendary District Attorney Frank Hogan, where he ran the Homicide Bureau, served as Chief of the Criminal Courts, and was in charge of the DA's legal staff training program. He served as Deputy Chief counsel for the Congressional Committee investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also served two terms as mayor of Beverly Hills and taught Advanced Criminal Procedure for four years at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and has conducted continuing legal education (CLE) seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tanenbaum attended the University of California at Berkeley on a basketball scholarship, where he earned a B.A. He received his law degree (J.D.) from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Visit RobertKTanenbaumBooks.com.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850421604626,"sku":"9781451607468","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee42b2ee-978d-4f3f-ad9d-44ea6d4da927.jpg?v=1737411751","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/badge-of-the-assassin-9781451607468","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}