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An affair between a US District Attorney and a Congressman's wife results in a murder in broad daylight, only steps away from the White House. It's a ye olde star-spangled scandal, and the very first time the temporary insanity defense was used in court.
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Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder and the Trial that Changed America by Chris DeRose
Jealous Rage Vol 1 by R. Barri Flowers
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