Review: 'Scoundrel' is a portrait of a con-man killer
Edgar Smith was sentenced to death for the 1957 murder of 15-year-old Victoria Zielinski
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Edgar Smith was sentenced to death for the 1957 murder of 15-year-old Victoria Zielinski
“Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free," by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
“Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free," by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
In 1957, a 15-year-old white girl, Victoria Ann Zielinski, was brutally murdered by a white man named Edgar Smith. He was caught, rather quickly, and didn&
Sarah Weinman's book excels as an in-depth exploration of how outside influence and support can affect the criminal justice system — and as the narrative of a con artist who hurt a lot of people.