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Last Saturday morning I was checking my e-mail when I got a note informing me that “The Past Is Never Dead” had been selected as...

The debate over Del Clement continues. Loved ones often have a hard time seeing the truth of the ones they love. I spent three years in...

James Ford Seale –Round Two on the Statute of Limitations Issue The federal appellate process can be long and tangled. On March 13 the...

I just returned from three weeks on Ocean Isle Beach, one of the barrier islands not far from Wilmington, North Carolina. I went there to...

The title of my new book seems suddenly to have become quite popular. Frances Ford Coppola recently used it in describing one of his...

I was pleased to see the AP piece on “The Past Is Never Dead” (finally) came out yesterday. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/2...

James Ford Seale, convicted two years ago in the kidnapping and murder of two black youths in Southwest Mississippi in 1964, was known...

One week ago yesterday, the Supreme Court announced its decision not to hear Seale’s appeal on the statute of limitations issue....

On November 1, the Supreme Court issued a decision declining to hear the appeal of James Ford Seale on the question of whether the...

Well, not the whole South, but I did TV, radio and print in Jackson, Oxford and Memphis. In the old days, an escort picked you up at the...

October 5, publication day for “The Past Is Never Dead,” arrived on the heels of the NPR  “All Things Considered” interview, which played...

More reviews have been published for The Past is Never Dead. I welcome your reviews and comments! Crime Rant Bookpage In Cold Blog Coming...

I’m excited about a new interview true crime writer Gregg Olsen just published on the book at his site for “The Past is Never Dead”:...

Never underestimate the eccentricities or bizarre outcomes generated by the American criminal justice system. The fate of James Ford...

My new book, “The Past is Never Dead” was mentioned in Bill Husted’s column last Sunday. One of the endorsements for the new book was...