Seventy times seven : a true story of murder and mercy / Alex Mar.
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2023Description: 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525522157Other title: 70 times 7Subject(s): Cooper, Paula, 1970-2015 | Murder -- Indiana -- Gary -- Case studies | Female juvenile delinquents -- Indiana -- Gary -- Case studies | African American juvenile delinquents -- Indiana -- Gary -- Case studies | Capital punishment -- Indiana -- Gary -- Case studies | Forgiveness -- Indiana -- Gary -- Case studiesDDC classification: 362.88/2930977299 LOC classification: HV6534.G37 | M357 2023Summary: "In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenaged girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer, is sentenced to death. Indiana's minimum age for the death penalty is, at that time, ten years old. In Seventy Times Seven, Alex Mar tells the unforgettable story of this single act of violence and its stunning aftermath."-- Provided by publisher.
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| 362.83 Lieb Tell them who I am | 362.8608 HALE The color of grace : | 362.88 KATZ The macho paradox : | 362.88 MAR Seventy times seven : a true story of murder and mercy / | 362.88 RUBE The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper / | 362.883 Well Saint of circumstance | 363.1 CLAR Warnings : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenaged girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer, is sentenced to death. Indiana's minimum age for the death penalty is, at that time, ten years old. In Seventy Times Seven, Alex Mar tells the unforgettable story of this single act of violence and its stunning aftermath."-- Provided by publisher.
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