A history of the American suffragist movement.

The reputation of the FBI has suffered in recent years, and this book will do nothing to rehabilitate it. Based primarily on the accusations of whistleblower Frederic Whitehurst (a former FBI chemist) and a 1997 report on the FBI laboratory by the Justice Department's inspector general, it is a scathing criticism, alleging sloppy, inaccurate forensics, pro-prosecution bias, and false testimony. Journalists Kelly and Wearne focus on such high-profile cases as O.J. Simpson, the Unabomber, the Ruby Ridge shootout, and the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings while portraying an agency more concerned with image and power than with accurate forensic science. As a result, they suggest that thousands of old verdicts should be revisited. Admirers of the FBI crime lab, such as David Fisher in Hard Evidence (LJ 3/1/95), may disagree with the conclusions here, but it is compelling reading for anyone interested in criminal justice or forensics. Highly recommended.