01581cam a2200265 4500 503775586 TxAuBib 20150121120000.0 141009s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014039496 9780472051694 0472051695 TxAuBib Link, Mardi. Wicked takes the witness stand : a tale of murder and twisted deceit in Northern Michigan / Mardi Link. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2014. 424 pages : illustrations, map. Includes bibliographical references. On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias, a 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer, in the bed of his pickup truck. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop--the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge. Link unravels this mysterious and still unsolved case that sucked state police and local officials into a morass of perjury and cover-up and ultimately led to the separate conviction and imprisonment of five innocent men. Provided by publisher. 20150121. Murder Michigan. Murder Case studies. Criminal justice system Case studies. Trials (Murder.)