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In the Eyes of the Law: The True Story of Love, Betrayal, Murder, Fame and Justice in 1950's America
The murder of Forrest Teel, a corporate vice-president and head of the international division of the largest pharmaceutical company in the world caught the attention of the nation in 1958. When his longtime mistress was arrested for the crime, the interest of the world was piqued. At the same time, a young lawyer was finishing a campaign to be elected judge in a criminal c...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
July 1st 2006
by Authorhouse
(first published March 8th 2002)
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This was a fascinating true story.. the 1950's were a different time in history and in thinking and that is portrayed well.. I thought there might be more twists and turns to the court case, but it still provided an interesting read about something I had never heard about before..
In the Eyes of the Law tells the story of Forrest Teel's murder by Connie Nicholes in Indianapolis in the 1950's and the trial that followed. The story is interesting in that it was a big trial for something rather commonplace now (a man killed by his mistress). The trial portion gets a little slow, and Faulconer sometimes goes too in-depth for the needs of the book. I read this book mostlly because my grandparents knew Forrest Teel, and the murder came as a shock to those who knew him.
This one was very interesting to me as it was an older, unknown crime and also took place in Indianapolis, Indiana where I grew up. Today it is an all too common crime for someone to be murdered by someone they were having an affair with. In 1958 it wasn't. It was an early crime that captured the world.
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Aug 22, 2012 03:34am