F. Lee Bailey (1933–2021)

Bailey has approached the subject of air safety more from the angry stance of a prosecutor than a lawyer for the defense. No fewer than 100 pages of this 211-page volume are devoted to crash directions, attacks on the Federal Aviation Administration, criticism of the airlines and Bailey's own views on what's wrong with civil aviation. At times, Bailey is interesting, provocative and stimulating: at times he is also superficial and overly general to the point of making careless, show more unsubstantiated claims. show less

Completely biased but still interesting. I'm really not a fan of Bailey's whining about how men are always considered the suspect, particularly when they are close to the victim. Most victims of violent crime know their attacker, not only that, but the VAST majority of violent offenders are men. Not that it excuses shoddy investigative techniques, but really, investigating the spouse is the most useful track.

Also I hate the fact that Bailey defines "uxoricide" as the killing of one's spouse. show more Uxoricide comes from the Latin, uxor, which means wife. Technically this would only refer to wife-murder. Although this might be just a legalese mistake and not a mistake of Bailey's. Addmittedly, it's also nitpicky. show less

great writing and hold your interest stories. Some who killed the wife some who did not. A good read that will keep you on the edge of your seat to see what happens next!

F. Lee Bailey presents 20 cases where the husband is either the perpetrator or the accused in the murder of his spouse. He provides precis of each case and some of the legal reasons for the charges, as well as the position by the defence.