{"product_id":"the-mailbox-conspiracy-revised-edition-by-alexander-silvert","title":"The Mailbox Conspiracy (Revised Edition) by Alexander Silvert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Inside Story of the Greatest Corruption Case in Hawai‘i History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, the city’s deputy prosecutor, reported their mailbox stolen to frame a family member, it was only the beginning of an elaborate conspiracy—and a corruption case that soon became the most notorious in Hawai‘i history. Riveting and meticulously told by the federal defender who learned the story from the inside, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mailbox Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fascinating study in the corruption of power and the abuse of public office.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis revised edition released in 2024 includes new text, additional photos and court documents, and an all-new epilogue to update readers on important developments related to the case. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNamed Federal Defender of the Year in 2000 by the National Association of Federal Defenders,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlexander Silvert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mailbox Conspiracy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebased on his personal involvement in the Louis and Katherine Kealoha case from 2013 to 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“One of the greatest books ever written on Hawaiian history.\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Randy Roth, author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBroken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement \u0026amp; Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“The Louis and Katherine Kealoha corruption saga is the most infamous in Island history, as Chief Kealoha and the Honolulu Police Department worked in concert to dupe the US Attorney’s office into prosecuting an innocent man. A scary, engrossing story. Alexander Silvert is as skilled an author as he is a lawyer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Ben Cayetano, Governor of Hawai‘i, 1994–2002\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Mailbox Conspiracy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a crisply narrated study in abuse of power at the highest levels of Hawai‘i law enforcement.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilvert doesn’t hold back in vividly describing this sordid conspiracy by corrupt and recalcitrant authority figures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHis description of today’s police departments, prosecutor’s offices and courts, warts and all, is an easy-to-follow must-read for law students and those who love page-turning courtroom drama.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" class=\"p5\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Doug Chin, Attorney General of Hawai‘i, 2015–2018\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Watermark Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503002783959,"sku":"sjn1789999315290","price":12.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/2840\/3671\/files\/the-mailbox-conspiracy-revised-edition-by-alexander-silvert_1.jpg?v=1789999319","url":"https:\/\/campfirekit.shop\/products\/the-mailbox-conspiracy-revised-edition-by-alexander-silvert","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}