Title: The ambush murders
Description: Ben’s first book was “The Ambush Murders,” the case of a black activist accused – and ultimately acquitted after three trials – of killing two white policemen in Riverside, Calif. It was a story about small–town justice and how justice functions in emotionally–charged circumstances when police investigate the deaths of two of their own.
Subjects: Case studies, Homicide investigation, Police murders, Trials (Murder), Fiction, general
Places: California, Riverside