My Review of Ungrateful Bastard by Susan Ashline
Since Susan Ashline wrote the book on our story, Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult , I have read each of her subsequent books. This book, Ungrateful Bastard , is of specific personal interest, having grown up in Richfield Springs, where Woody Mower's family lived, and even rode the school bus with Woody. What follows is my review of this multilayered look at the justice system in New York. I highly recommend! Timely and relevant, Susan Ashline’s third book tells the story of Gordon “Woody” Mower, whose story is again making headlines 30 years after he killed his parents, and which cannot be explored without a discussion of corruption within the criminal justice system, specifically corrections in New York State. As a student of criminology and public policy, and as one who rode the school bus with Woody, I admit that I have been eagerly anticipating this book—and I was not disappointed. Ashline’s background as an investigative journal...