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Mechinos
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| | Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 11:31 am: |       |
I just got done reading her book, and Cornwell is lucky that Sickert is dead, because she would have a heafty defamation suit on her hands otherwise. I went into the book unbaised, not knowing too much about Sickert(except for some of his work)and kept waiting for the real evidence, which there was none. I am a criminal defense attorney so maybe I naturally defend people, but to accuse one of the greatest impressionist painters of all time of being Jack the Ripper with no real evidence was shocking to me and irresponsible by the author. I was pretty much convinced that Sickert wrote a few "Ripper" letters, but again that only proves that he, like many others, have a fascination with serial killers. It is not uncommon in serial murder cases for multiple bogus letters to be sent to police by an innocent party. Sometimes people just want to be part of something historical, even if in this case it's a little sick. Nothing in those letters that I've read prove that the author had any particular special knowlege of the crime scenes or evidence. Especially when these crime scenes were basically open to the public. Am I correct or did I miss something huge in this book??? |
Jennifer D. Pegg
Chief Inspector
Username: Jdpegg
Post Number: 949
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 4:58 am: | |
If you missed it we all did!
Jenni
"Think things, not words." - O.W. Holmes jr |
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